Susan Valot

Susan Valot

Independent Producer

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Susan Valot is an award-winning radio journalist with more than 16 years of experience in the Los Angeles region. Valot covers anything and everything as a freelance reporter-producer for various public radio outlets, including “The California Report,” NPR’s “Only A Game” and “Marketplace.” To listen to more of Susan’s work, visit http://susanvalot.com/

Susan Valot on KCRW

Gary Potter wasn’t paying much attention when he walked outside of his Monrovia home one night last September. And then he looked up.

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Gary Potter wasn’t paying much attention when he walked outside of his Monrovia home one night last September. And then he looked up.

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On a recent warm day, Irvine Ranch Conservancy CEO Michael O’Connell walked along Agua Chinon Canyon, in the hills east of Irvine, surveying the damage from October’s Silverado Fire.

OC Silverado Fire: A test of whether native plant restoration methods work

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Big Santa Anita Canyon was an idyllic getaway for thousands of Southern California locals.

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