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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 (435 archives)
Calif. Officials Seek Solutions to Food Waste
How much food do you throw away? Between the fruit that doesn't make it off the farm, the eggs you didn't eat in time and the leftovers restaurants trash, Americans are tossing about 40 percent of their food. That's the finding of a recent study which has California agriculture officials buzzing. They meet Tuesday in Sacramento to tackle that problem in the state that produces most of the nation's fruits and veggies.
Streetlights Likely To Go Dark in Central Valley Community
About two million Californians live in unincorporated areas, outside the sheltering arms of a city governance plan - and budget. Many of these communities are so poor, they lack basic infrastructure, like sewers or sidewalks. One of these places, a tiny town in Fresno County, has locals expecting the streetlights will be turned off next week.
Report Slams California's Toxics Watchdog
California's standards for hazardous waste management are the most stringent in the nation. But a new report expected out this morning claims the state agency charged with going after toxic polluters is biased toward industry.
Fresno's Garbage Workers Set to Fight Privatization
A messy fight is brewing in Fresno over the city's decision to privatize residential garbage collection. This week, garbage workers are doing some heavy lifting to try and bring the issue to the ballot box.
Research Links Parkinson's, Farm Pesticides
A growing body of research -- including a recent study from UCLA -- links Parkinson's disease with a number of pesticides commonly used on California farms.
