Daniel Casarez

General Multimedia Reporter

Raised in Central San Joaquin Valley ... on staff for 10 years at Vida en el Valle, a McClatchy Publication newspaper in Fresno ... specialize in photography, multimedia reporting ... in my tenure, have covered health, general assignment, sports (now mainly out of need), entertainment. Best News Photo (2009) CNPA; Best Cultural Photo (2006) Jose Marti Award (National Assn of Hispanic Publications); several others. Love learning, just searching for the opportunity! Love family, of course.

Articles

Francisco Ramos

Latinos lack asthma info

Carmina Ramos' 2-year-old son was suffering an asthma attack and gasping for air as her boyfriend barreled 80 miles an hour on a two-lane, country road to Children's Hospital of Central California, about 45 miles away. Police stopped the car, and drew their guns as they shouted instructions...

Incidence of asthma is choking the Valley's kids

<p>On a clear night in the southern Valley towns of Tulare, Huron and Tranquillity, you sometimes can see a full moon over the thousands of miles of agriculture. On a warm, summer evening, these harvest moons are brilliant to see.&nbsp;However, disturbing to&nbsp;this brilliant scenery is the stench of spray drift from pesticides that linger at night and the choking thickness of particulate matter, the smog considered one of the worst in the nation, that engulfs the Valley on warm days.</p>