Coachella Valley farmworkers lost hundreds of dollars during storm Hilary. Financial aid options are slim.
| CalMattersMany farmworkers in Coachella Valley lack legal status as citizens and don’t qualify for most federal and state disaster aid. Even a new $95 million storm assistance program for immigrants that Governor Gavin Newsom recently touted is out of reach because it pertains to the winter and spring storms and floods.
Flooded, Muddy Fields Leave Some Coachella Valley Farmworkers Shut Out
| LAistThe heavy flooding and mudflows that Tropical Storm Hilary brought to the Coachella Valley have not spared the region’s farm fields.
113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat
| Los Angeles TimesOne morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat. The green vines suddenly looked yellow, her sweat turned cold and she felt like she was going to faint. It happened again, just before the …
As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust
| Civil EatsAna Rosa Villegas López points to the scattered images of her son on the walls of the Mecca Public Library in Southern California. In one, he stares straight at the camera, his sleeplessness etched into the dark circles under his eyes. The walls are covered with photos of children playing on a small square of artificial turf, dust-coated door mats, and the children’s inflamed, rashy arms, runny noses, inhalers, and humidifiers.
Goodwill, YMCA among San Diego-area ‘Nonprofits of the Year’ picked by local legislators
| The San Diego Union-TribuneEach year senators and Assembly members throughout California pick a Nonprofit of the Year in each of their districts. In San Diego County and surrounding area, about a dozen nonprofits were recognized for outstanding contributions to their communities.
¿Te sientes triste? Trabajadores agrícolas en California cada vez con más problemas de salud mental
| UnivisionSACRAMENTO, California. – La salud emocional de los trabajadores agrícolas en California ha comenzado a preocupar a las organizaciones enfocadas en este sector esencial, ante un aumento en los casos y la falta de desconocimiento de los recursos de ayuda.