Mendota Unified School District

California is home to more than one million multilingual learners, according to state data. In the central San Joaquin Valley, where roughly one in five students is an English learner, federal dollars account for a notable portion of funding in school districts.

On this week's Valley Edition: Why one small town in the San Joaquin Valley is a destination for unaccompanied minors crossing the Southern border, and…

Marvin Cornejo left the small village of Azacualpa, El Salvador at just 16 years old. When he first arrived in Mendota as an unaccompanied minor five…