California in the United States has been battered by months of storms that have brought strong winds, rains and snowfall to the state. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said last week there have been “devastating impacts to our agricultural community and farmland.” According to an AccuWeather report, flooding caused by incessant rains has destroyed some crops across the state. “The …
Reporter Virginia Escalante, right, with her family and their 1957 Ford pickup. During that time, Edward R. Murrow’s television documentary “Harvest of Shame” revealed the cruel exploitation of workers like us. “They tell us we won’t be needed 20 years from now,” Gutierrez, 38, said as she rolled out tortillas one afternoon. Their fears are reinforced by such messages as …