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    To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions

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    La veneración a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe continúa, a pesar del temor de los migrantes

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    Salinas City Council moves forward with new rental assistance program

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    Veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe to continue despite immigrants’ fears

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    Washington’s financial disruption means fewer teachers for Monterey County’s migrant students

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

    Posted in Agriculture by Robert J. Lopez
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    Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

    Posted in Agriculture by Robert J. Lopez
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    California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

    Posted in Agriculture by Robert J. Lopez
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    Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

    Posted in Agriculture by Robert J. Lopez
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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

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    Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública

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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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About Robert J. Lopez

Robert J. Lopez is an independent journalist and fellow at the McGraw Center for Business Journalism. | Robert J. López es periodista independiente y becario del Centro McGraw de Periodismo de Negocios.

December 21, 2025

To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions State agencies to join forces to crack down on child labor violations after Capital & Main report found enforcement breakdowns.

December 2, 2025

Escasa vigilancia y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos Niños y otros trabajadores agrícolas en California están expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos, en parte por una fragmentada aplicación de las normas de seguridad.

December 2, 2025

Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered enforcement of safety regulations.

December 1, 2025

California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.

December 1, 2025

Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos Según revela una investigación, las autoridades estatales evaden proteger la salud y seguridad de miles de trabajadores agrícolas jóvenes.

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