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Farmworkers across the nation face a wide range of risks and dangers while on the job. A new mini-documentary series is highlighting those struggles.
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The deaths of seven farmworkers in a crash last month shook the rural city of Kerman in Fresno County. In the wake of the loss, a small funeral home played a big role in getting the men home.
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New buyers for the auctioned off Prima Wawona farmland, as well as new training opportunities, could help those displaced by mass layoffs in central California.
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The community of Kerman paid its respects to the seven farmworkers who were killed in a crash through two memorial services.
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The California Highway Patrol suspects a pickup truck driver slammed into a van carrying farmworkers. The impact left the van crushed, just as the workers were making their morning commutes to a vineyard farm outside Firebaugh.
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Farmworkers in the Central Valley often face heightened health risks due to their hard labor, but many don’t have easy access to health care. A group of high-schoolers in Bakersfield are finding solutions on their own.
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The vast majority of the country’s table grapes are grown right here in the San Joaquin Valley. But this year, a freak summer storm took a big bite out of that production.
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Investigations are underway after a Bakersfield farmworker was killed while on the job in Santa Barbara County.
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Farmworkers in central California have worked through extreme heat, wildfires and extreme rain periods, but gaps in health care access have placed them in an even more precarious position.
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Farmworking families allege intimidation and questions over immigration status, forcing some families to leave at least two centers in Farmersville and Woodville.