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Dairies in despair: California farmers reeling as flooding wreaks havoc on their livelihood

by Nicole Foy, CalMatters April 22, 2023April 19, 2023

FLOODWATERS FROM AN overflowing Lake Success reached the Tule River next to Joseph Goni’s Tulare family dairy on March 15, in the middle of the night, much faster than he had expected. When Goni and his fiancee woke up, the water was at their front door. By the time his sister and brother-in-law, who also […]

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Pilgrimage and revolution: How Cesar Chavez united faith, ideology in farmworkers’ march

by Lloyd Daniel Barba, for The Conversation March 31, 2023March 29, 2023
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House resolution remembers Half Moon Bay shooting victims, calls out anti-Asian hatred

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News Foundation March 13, 2023March 9, 2023
Posted inCalifornia Currents

‘The perfect storm of vulnerability’: Protection in the fields doesn’t follow farmworkers home

by Kate Cimini, CalMatters and CALmatters April 13, 2020May 19, 2020

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