• Title: SPOTLIGHT ON KETTLEMAN CITY.
• Guest: Magdalena Romero
• Additional Guests: Alejandro Álvarez, Kevin Reilly, Alberto Torrico, Zaidee Stavely
• Host: Samuel Orozco
• Date: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
• Description: SPOTLIGHT ON KETTLEMAN CITY. A tiny town in California’s central valley with a large number of birth defects is finally getting some attention.
• Genre: News
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Program Number: 6026
• Producer: Samuel Orozco
• Progam Number: 6026
• Publisher: Radio Bilingüe
• Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
• Subject: Environment
• Year: 2010
• Program Name: la_100211.mp3
• Length: 59:08 minutes (54.15 MB)
• Format: Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

SPOTLIGHT ON KETTLEMAN CITY. A tiny town in California’s central valley with a large number of birth defects is finally getting some attention. State health officials visit the town this week, following an order by Governor Schwarzenegger for a full investigation. Their first results, however, were met with indignation from residents.

Guests: Magdalena Romero, Mother, Kettleman City, CA; Alejandro Álvarez, Father, Avenal, CA; Kevin Reilly, Chief Deputy Director of Policy and Programs, California Department of Public Health, www.cdph.ca.gov ; California State Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, Sacramento, CA, www.albertotorrico.com ; Zaidee Stavely, Environmental reporter, Radio Bilingue, Fresno, CA.