KQED Radio Staff
Sasha Khokha
Central Valley Bureau Chief
Sasha Khokha is KQED's Central Valley Bureau Chief. Based in Fresno, she covers a vast geographic beat, including the nation's most productive farm belt, some of California's poorest towns, and Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks.
Whether trekking up a Sierra glacier with her microphone, interviewing farmworkers in Spanish, or explaining complicated air or water quality issues, Sasha translates rural Central California to listeners in the rest of the state.
Her stories have won an Edward R Murrow Regional Award, as well as awards from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, the California Teachers Association and the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Sasha joined KQED in 2004, after stints as a reporter in Alaska and with NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.
Sasha's work is also heard on National Public Radio and PRI's The World.
Sasha is a graduate of Brown University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Sasha is also a documentary filmmaker; her film Calcutta Calling documents the lives of teenage girls adopted from India to Swedish-Lutheran Minnesota. The film was nominated for a national broadcast Emmy in 2007.
Email Sasha: skhokha@kqed.org
Stories (401 archives)
Transportation Secretary Backs High-Speed Rail
Kern County supervisors voted this week to oppose high-speed rail, joining a chorus of dissent that includes Kings, Tulare and Madera counties. Perhaps sensing the need to engage in a little positive PR, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talked up the bullet train in Fresno yesterday.
Organic Farmers Ask Courts to Prevent Monsanto Lawsuits
A group of more than 80 farmers, seed firms, and agricultural groups, including some from California, face off against Monsanto in federal court today. The closely-watched case is an attempted preemptive strike against the biotech giant's efforts to protect its patents for genetically engineered seeds.
Plan Would Clean Up Valley's Air and Water
When it comes to the environment, the San Joaquin Valley boasts dubious distinctions -- some of the worst air quality, highest asthma rates, and most polluted drinking water in the nation. Later today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launches a new strategic plan to address those issues.
Fresno County Union Calls for Strike
It could be tough to get a marriage license or visit a public health clinic in Fresno today. The Service Employees International Union has called a three-day walkout protesting a recent decision by the county to cut union workers' pay by at least 9 percent. As many as 4,000 county workers could go on strike.
Cold Weather Keeps Ag Inspectors Busy
Agricultural inspectors in California's citrus belt are starting to screen oranges, tangerines and lemons for damage after this week's freeze.
