Accessibility.

The Valley Pulse is committed to ensuring our website and newsletter are accessible to people with disabilities. We're working toward conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA.

What we ship today

• Semantic HTML throughout, headings in correct order, landmark regions for screen-reader navigation, skip-to-content link on every page.
• Keyboard navigation for every interactive element on the site, including the signup form, submission form, and contact form.
• Alt text on every meaningful image. Decorative images marked as such.
• Color contrast meeting WCAG AA for body text and interactive elements.
• Form labels and error messages tied to inputs via aria-describedby where useful.
• Focus indicators that don't rely on color alone.
• No autoplay video or audio.
• Text resizable to 200% without loss of content or function.

Newsletter accessibility

This Weekend in The Valley emails ship as plain-text fallback and HTML, with high-contrast type, descriptive link text, and alt text on every image. We avoid text-as-image and we avoid layout that breaks at common screen-reader cadence.

What we're still working on

• Comprehensive automated accessibility testing in CI.
• A formal audit by a third-party accessibility specialist (planned post-revenue).
• Improved transcripts for any audio content we publish in the future.

Reporting an issue

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on The Valley Pulse, please tell us:

• Email [email protected] with a description of the issue and (if possible) the URL.
• Or use the contact form and pick "General."

We'll respond within three business days with an acknowledgement and a target date for the fix. Material accessibility issues are treated as P0.

v1, living document. Last updated June 5, 2026.