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    Las detenciones de inmigrantes en Fort Hunter Liggett plantean preguntas sobre la participación militar

    Posted in Features by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Despite Army denials, evidence mounts of secretive South Monterey County ICE operations

    Posted in Features by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    ‘I just trusted his uniform’

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    Immigration detentions on Fort Hunter Liggett raise questions about military involvement

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    People who spent time in Monterey County jail are in for a little cash

    Posted in Features by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Local Catholic nonprofit gets state funding for immigrant legal aid

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    Monterey County supervisors return to proposed mental health facility

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    ‘Where the social justice movement was headed’

    Posted in Education by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Reversing the narrative: Lowrider car clubs come to Cal State Monterey Bay

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Yet another Christmas poem

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    To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions

    Posted in Agriculture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    La veneración a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe continúa, a pesar del temor de los migrantes

    Posted in Español by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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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

    Posted in Education by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Escasa vigilancia y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos

    Posted in Agriculture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

    Posted in Agriculture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

    Posted in Agriculture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

    Posted in Agriculture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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    Q+A: How Hawaiian princes brought surfing to Santa Cruz

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Yajaira Garcia Meza
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About Yajaira Garcia Meza

Yajaira Garcia Meza grew up in Soledad and Greenfield most of her life. She graduated from Greenfield High School in 2016 and is about to finish her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, with a minor in Public Policy, at the University of California, Berkeley.

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