CVPIA is a social justice organization committed to serving, advocating for and uplifting Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities in California’s Central Valley. They strive to create safe spaces for all NHPI identities, foster cultural connections, amplify NHPI voices and support resource navigation—all in solidarity with other marginalized communities. Today, CVPIA serves over 1,500 community members across 11 Central Valley counties On a warm April day in M

Volunteers pause for a moment atop a morning's worth of work at Kaweah Oaks Preserve, one of SRT's monthly stewardship days open to community members of all ages and abilities. The drive to Kaweah Oaks Preserve takes you deep into the Central Valley, past peach trees and grapevines, surrounded by mountains and a big blue sky. It’s where the Sierra Nevada snow melts into rivers, where farms feed the world and where generations of families have built their lives. The land's ove

Kingsburg is a Swedish theme town with a downtown decorated in a Nordic motif, complete with a Viking and Dala horse restaurant. The water tower originally dates from 1911 and was modified in 1985 to resemble a giant coffee pot after a resident visited Stanton, Iowa, and saw its similarly modified water tower. It is 122 feet tall and visible from Highway 99. The 60,000-gallon vessel could fill 1.28 million coffee cups. The coffee pot is lit at night. As you drive along State