“The Maddy Report,” produced by the Kenneth L. Maddy Institute at Fresno State, will tackle one of the San Joaquin Valley’s most critical challenges in “Jobs Crisis: The Local/Regional Response” airing at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, on KVPT, Channel 18. Guests participating in the discussion will be Dr. Antonio Avalos, a Fresno State professor of labor economics; Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin; Mike Dozier, of Fresno State’s Office of Community and Economic Development; and Brad Triebsch, principal of the Central Valley Venture Fund. INFO: Maddy Institute, 559.278.1133.