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    Escasa vigilancia y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos

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    Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

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    California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

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    Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

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    Q+A: How Hawaiian princes brought surfing to Santa Cruz

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    Monterey County awards new $139 million jail health care contract

    Posted in Criminal Justice by Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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    Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública

    Posted in Español by Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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    ‘Te acaban de llevar’

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    With little apparent evidence, DA investigators question petition process

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    Programa de cocinas domésticas del condado de Monterey abre nuevas oportunidades

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    Se estima que 80,000 personas en los condados de Monterey y Santa Cruz dependen de los beneficios del SNAP

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    Roughly 80,000 people in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties depend on SNAP benefits

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    When this California Spanish-language TV station closed, a news desert opened for Latino viewers

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    Immigration fears are harming public health

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    ‘They just took you away’

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    Five questions about the crisis in local news

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    Monterey County’s home kitchen program opens new opportunities

    Posted in Economy/Business by Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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    Do art. Be kind.

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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    A young Salinas resident recounts her journey through the mental health system

    Posted in Education by Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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    California lawmakers may limit childhood sex abuse survivors’ ability to sue

    Posted in Features by Sara Tiano
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About Claudia Meléndez Salinas

Claudia Meléndez Salinas is an author, journalist, open water swimmer, and cat lover. | Claudia Meléndez Salinas es autora, periodista, nadadora de aguas abiertas, y aficionada a los gatos.

July 7, 2022

Death and the Playwright Luis Valdez talks about Mayan physicality, his new book, and his legacy

Palenke
June 9, 2022

Ten acts in four hours Palenke showcases the goodness of the community. Oh, and they are artists, too.

Smiling young teacher
June 2, 2022

An Exhausting Year A heartfelt ode to educators everywhere. You are heroes.

May 12, 2022

Salinas Valley young journalists meet Oakland Statewide conference gives Voices’ budding storytellers a window into possibilities

Denim jeans torn
April 28, 2022

What’s tearing us apart In order to address the real problems we are facing, we need to invoke our better selves.

March 25, 2022

Ciclovía Returns  As COVID restrictions are lifted, the youth-organized fresh air event returns to Salinas to give families a much needed space for recreation and connection. 

March 25, 2022

El regreso de Ciclovía A medida que se levantan las restricciones de COVID, el evento al aire libre organizado por jóvenes regresa a Salinas para brindarles a las familias un espacio muy necesario para la recreación y la conexión.

March 10, 2022

Of Curvy Women and Changing Hollywood Josefina López, featured at Watsonville Film Festival, speaks about the ups and downs of her career

January 7, 2022

Eating without shame Overcoming 'diet culture'

January 7, 2022

Corn and nostalgia Trips to Mexico mean food and remembrance

November 12, 2021

Bob Danziger’s life was indelibly marked by the Brandenburgs – and jokes In memoriam

October 8, 2021

Álvaro Márquez Oriundo de Salinas usa el arte para explorar la supresión indígena, el colonialismo y el concepto de lugar en Los Ángeles

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