Most media coverage of immigration today accepts as fact claims by growers that they can't get enough workers to harvest crops.
A New Bracero Program Will Hurt Farm Workers
Reward offered in Delano man's death
The city of Delano is offering a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of an 88-year-old Delano man.
Delano man found dead in trunk of submerged car
The last time anyone saw John Holguin Espinoza, he was practicing his long-time profession: cutting a friend's hair in the garage of his Delano home.
Delano school admits test violation
Cesar E. Chavez High School in Delano has been stripped of a closely watched index ranking of academic achievement after the school reported a violation of standardized testing rules.
Pandol Bros. enters Chilean blueberry deal
It's the first time Pandol Bros. has offered blueberries since the late 1980s, when the company took part in the Arkansas deal.
Jose Montoya, Sacramento poet and artist, has died
Jose Montoya, one of the most influential and inspirational figures in California Latino history, died Wednesday surrounded by family in his midtown Sacramento home.
Filipino memorial mural is unveiled
A painted hanging mural honoring the struggles of Filipino farm workers and labor organizers who fought to improve working conditions in agricultural California in the 1960s was unveiled at Milpitas Public Library on Oct. 12. The Filipino Memorial Project-a grassroots collective of scholars, historians, students and community members based at San ... (more)
Q and A: California history shaped by Stockton's Little Manila
On Oct. 2, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law AB123 requiring public schools to teach their students about the contributions of Filipino Americans to the state's fields of plenty and the farmworkers movement that transformed American labor.
Bakersfield, Delano men behind bars after shooting
Two men are behind bars after allegedly opening fire in rural Earlimart. Sheriff's deputies were on the lookout for two men who driving in the area of Browning Road and the Kern, Tulare county line.
Tulare High football coach granted leave in wake of DUI arrest
Tulare High football coach Darren Bennett has been granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the season, the school district announced Wednesday, a week after his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.
Homeland Security looking for Delano man in connection with child porn case
Department of Homeland Security Investigations is looking for a man they say distributed child pornography while living in Delano.
Former Bakersfield-area man latest fugitive profiled on ICE app to...
A Bakersfield-area man who absconded following his indictment three months ago on federal child pornography charges is the latest fugitive to be profiled on a recently launched smartphone app developed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enlist the public's help seeking at-large and unknown child predator suspects.
Kern sites recommended for national park
United Farm Workers organizing committee chairman Cesar Chavez, seated left, and grower representative John Guimarra, Jr., seated right, prepare to sign a contract ending the long Delano grape strike.
Search continues for man accused of distributing child porn
Michael Wilson, 30, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 25. According to federal agents, Wilson then fled the country.
Retracing Pinoy roots in Delano, California
DELANO, California While records claim Filipinos first arrived in the US as early as the 1500s, the grape fields in Delano are where Filipino workers planted their roots and became a force in America's history and the labor movement.
How Pinoys fought for better wages in Delano
DELANO, California It was the 1950s in Delano, Filipino migrant workers were seen as second class citizens and cheap labor.
At least one dead in crash north of Delano
At least one person was killed in a fatal accident north of Delano about 3:40 p.m. Saturday, the California Highway Patrol said.
Farm labor museum to feature Croatian farm worker exhibit
The History of Farm Labor and Agriculture Museum in Mooney Grove Park continues with its 16-part series of exhibits highlighting various farm worker groups who have played a role in Tulare County's history, with an exhibit opening from 1-3 p.m. Sunday.
Stockton's unsung hero
If anybody in Stockton history deserves to have a street named after him - or a park, or a school - it is Larry Itliong.
From the field
When Esmeralda Soria of Lindsay wasn't in school, there was a good chance she could be found with her parents working in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley.