Fighting for air

Interactive report

Get a close look at the Valley's air-quality problem with audio, video, animations, and an interactive quiz and game. You also can check the smog-test results of any California vehicle or light truck.

Listen to Bee staff

In a podcast, the reporters on the "Fighting for Air" special section discuss the pollution challenge facing the Valley.

Stories

• Introduction: Fighting for air
• State smog test leaves polluters on the road
• Stiffer rules could speed cleanup
• Fleeing Valley's unhealthy air
• Trapped by the Valley's air
• Fresno is state's asthma capital
• Researchers looking for answers
• Farmers join clear-air fight
• Innovations for diesel vehicles stalled
• Stringent state rules still lack bite
• What has changed in five years?
• Valley air district defends improvement plan
• District's ozone strategy could backfire
• Air officials to explore drift of LA basin pollution
• Clean air can happen
• Who is on the Valley air board?
• Contacts, links to air-quality information

Escaping smog

These families and people have left the Valley, blaming health problems caused by air pollution.

• Bob Claypool
• Patricia Jennings
• The Julin family
• The Morphy family
• Catherine M. Rehart
• The Schwister family
• The Shaw family
• The Storm family
• The Terry family
• The Whipple family
• The Wiseman family

Graphics

• Play the Smogbusters board game
• Geography makes things worse
• Clearing the air: Progress and prognosis
• The worst places to breathe

Who is on the Valley air board?

The governing board of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has 11 members.

Eight members are county supervisors representing the region's eight counties, from San Joaquin to Kern. Three are city council members, one each from the northern, central and southern areas of the Valley.

Tony Barba Kings County supervisor Joined board in 1997 tbarba@co.kings.co.us	Raji Brar Arvin City council member Joined board in 2007 councilmemberbrar@gmail.com
Judy Case Fresno County supervisor Joined board in 1999 dbeigi@co.fresno.ca.us	Ronn Dominici Madera County supervisor Joined board in 2001 maderasupervisors@madera-county.com
Jon McQuiston Kern County supervisor Joined board in 2007 district1@co.kern.ca.us	Michael Nelson Merced County supervisor Joined board in 2003 dist3@co.merced.ca.us
William O'Brien Stanislaus County supervisor Joined board in 2007 obrienb@co.stanislaus.ca.us	Leroy Ornellas San Joaquin County supervisor Joined board in 2007 lornellas@sjgov.org
Henry T. Perea Fresno City council member Joined board in 2007 district7@fresno.gov	Chris Vierra Ceres City council member Joined board in 2007 cvierra@ci.ceres.ca.us
Steven Worthley Tulare County supervisor Joined board in 2003 sworthley@co.tulare.ca.us

The district's executive director
	Seyed Sadredin seyed.sadredin@valleyair.org

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