Senator Alex Padilla’s First Year | Allensworth: California’s Uniquely Black Town | Celebrity Chef Martin Yan’s Donation to UC Davis

Summary: <p>Sen. Alex Padilla’s first year in office and reelection campaign. The history of Allensworth, California’s first community, founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Celebrity chef Martin Yan donates a culinary archive to UC Davis.</p> <p><strong>Today's Guests</strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.padilla.senate.gov/about/" target="_blank">Senator Alex Padilla</a></strong> discusses an array of topics, including federal funding for water infrastructure and wildfire prevention, efforts to get President Biden’s stalled agenda through the Senate, and looking ahead to his campaign for his first full term in Congress. </li> <li>Fresno State Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies, <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://socialsciences.fresnostate.edu/afrs/faculty/mikell.html" target="_blank">Robert Mikell</a></strong>, shares the history of the Central Valley town of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21298" target="_blank">Allensworth</a>, California’s first community founded, financed and governed by African Americans. </li> <li>World-renowned celebrity chef <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://yancancook.com/home/" target="_blank">Chef Martin Yan</a></strong> talks about his donation of 3,000 cookbooks, his first wok, and thousands of photographs from his world travels <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/chef-martin-yan-and-wife-donate-archive-uc-davis" target="_blank">to UC Davis</a>, his alma mater. </li> </ul> <div></div>