window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"news_11662940": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11662940",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11662940",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11662914,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-520x357.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 357
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-160x110.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 110
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-960x659.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 659
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-375x257.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 257
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1317
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1020x700.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 700
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1180x809.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 809
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1200x823.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 823
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-800x549.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 549
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1920x1317.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1317
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1180x809.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 809
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-1920x1317.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1317
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Villaraigosa-240x165.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 165
}
},
"publishDate": 1524004415,
"modified": 1524004459,
"caption": "Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.",
"description": "Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.",
"title": "Villaraigosa",
"credit": "Justin Sullivan/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11659419": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11659419",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11659419",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11659380,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-520x333.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 333
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-160x103.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 103
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-960x616.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 616
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-375x240.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 240
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1231
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-1020x654.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 654
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-1180x757.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 757
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-800x513.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 513
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-1920x1231.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1231
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-1180x757.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 757
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-1920x1231.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1231
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/DelanoMemorial1-240x154.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 154
}
},
"publishDate": 1522701520,
"modified": 1522714755,
"caption": "A memorial sits on the side of a busy country road in Delano, where two undocumented farmworkers died last month in a car crash shortly after being pulled over by ICE agents. A spokeswoman for ICE said one of the victims matched the description of a man the agency was looking for. He was not that individual.",
"description": "A memorial sits on the side of a busy country road in Delano, where two undocumented farmworkers died last month in a car crash shortly after being pulled over by ICE agents. A spokeswoman for ICE said one of the victims matched the description of a man the agency was looking for. He was not that individual.",
"title": "DelanoMemorial1",
"credit": "Alexandra Hall/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11655312": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11655312",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11655312",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11654965,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-520x308.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 308
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-160x95.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 95
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-960x569.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 569
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-375x222.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 222
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1138
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-1020x605.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 605
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-1180x699.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 699
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-800x474.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 474
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-1920x1138.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1138
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-1180x699.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 699
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-1920x1138.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1138
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/PoindexterOrchardMain-240x142.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 142
}
},
"publishDate": 1520894612,
"modified": 1520899100,
"caption": "Mike Poindexter, CEO of Poindexter Nut Company and a third-generation walnut grower, stands in a walnut orchard in Selma, just outside Fresno. Poindexter says he feels caught in the middle over California’s fight with the Department of Justice over immigration.",
"description": "Mike Poindexter, CEO of Poindexter Nut Company and a third-generation walnut grower, stands in a walnut orchard in Selma, just outside of Fresno. Poindexter says he feels caught in the middle over California’s fight with the Department of Justice over immigration.",
"title": "PoindexterOrchardMain",
"credit": "Alexandra Hall/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11647840": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11647840",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11647840",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11647839,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-520x325.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 325
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-160x100.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 100
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-960x600.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-375x234.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 234
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork.jpg",
"width": 1280,
"height": 800
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-1020x638.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 638
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-1180x738.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 738
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-800x500.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 500
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-1180x738.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 738
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/califfarmwork-240x150.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
}
},
"publishDate": 1517624916,
"modified": 1517625813,
"caption": "Those in immigrant-dependent industries, such as hospitality and agriculture, say conflicting messages from the state, and the federal government, puts them in an especially tough spot. ",
"description": "Those in immigrant-dependent industries, such as hospitality and agriculture, say conflicting messages from the state, and the federal government, puts them in an especially tough spot. ",
"title": "califfarmwork",
"credit": "Bob Nichols/USDA",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_93430": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_93430",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "93430",
"found": true
},
"parent": 93406,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/central-valley-farmworkers.jpg",
"width": 500,
"height": 375
}
},
"publishDate": 1365177117,
"modified": 1514413627,
"caption": "Workers harvest tomatoes southeast of Fresno. ",
"description": null,
"title": "central-valley-farmworkers",
"credit": "Craig Miller/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11637884": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11637884",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11637884",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11637296,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-520x390.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 390
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-160x120.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 120
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-960x720.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 720
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-375x281.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 281
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-e1513623542859.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1440
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-1020x765.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 765
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-1180x885.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 885
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-800x600.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-1920x1440.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1440
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-1180x885.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 885
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-1920x1440.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1440
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Tasteful-Selections-Garlic-Field-240x180.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 180
}
},
"publishDate": 1513623513,
"modified": 1520296729,
"caption": "A garlic field where 92 farmworkers were sickened after being exposed to pesticide drifting from a nearby site in August 2017. ",
"description": "The garlic field where 92 farmworkers were sickened after being exposed to pesticide drifting from a nearby site in August of 2017. ",
"title": "Kern County Farmworkers",
"credit": "Kern County Department of Agriculture",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11637173": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11637173",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11637173",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11637094,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-520x372.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-160x114.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 114
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-960x686.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 686
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-375x268.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 268
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1372
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-1020x729.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 729
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-1180x843.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 843
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-800x572.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 572
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-1920x1372.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1372
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-1180x843.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 843
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-1920x1372.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1372
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Farmworkersn95-240x172.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 172
}
},
"publishDate": 1513296881,
"modified": 1513296923,
"caption": "CAUSE members hand out N95 protective masks to field workers on Dec. 7, 2017.",
"description": "CAUSE members hand out N95 protective masks to field workers on Dec. 7, 2017.",
"title": "Farmworkersn95",
"credit": "Courtest of CAUSE",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11633343": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11633343",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11633343",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11633326,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-520x319.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 319
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-160x98.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 98
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-960x589.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 589
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-375x230.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 230
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1177
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-1020x625.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 625
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-1180x723.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 723
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-800x490.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 490
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-1920x1177.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1177
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-1180x723.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 723
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-1920x1177.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1177
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FarmworkerLettuce-1-240x147.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 147
}
},
"publishDate": 1511813794,
"modified": 1511813820,
"caption": "A farmworker harvests lettuce near Calexico.",
"description": "A farmworker harvests lettuce near Calexico.",
"title": "FarmworkerLettuce",
"credit": "HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11632581": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11632581",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11632581",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11632578,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-520x390.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 390
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-160x120.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 120
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-960x720.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 720
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-375x281.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 281
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo.jpg",
"width": 1600,
"height": 1200
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-1020x765.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 765
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-1180x885.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 885
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-800x600.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-1180x885.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 885
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo-240x180.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 180
}
},
"publishDate": 1511287291,
"modified": 1511294948,
"caption": "A portrait of Rufino Dominguez-Santos.",
"description": null,
"title": "Rufino photo",
"credit": "Courtesy Centro Binacional para el Desarollo Indigena Oaxaqueno",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11629217": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11629217",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11629217",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11628872,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-520x334.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 334
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-160x103.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 103
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-960x617.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 617
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-375x241.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 241
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1233
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-1020x655.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 655
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-1180x758.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 758
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-800x514.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 514
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-1920x1233.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1233
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-1180x758.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 758
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-1920x1233.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1233
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/SonnyP-240x154.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 154
}
},
"publishDate": 1510178210,
"modified": 1510178277,
"caption": "Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue listens as President Trump speaks during a roundtable with farmers on April 25, 2017.",
"description": "Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue listens as President Trump speaks during a roundtable with farmers on April 25, 2017.",
"title": "SonnyP",
"credit": "Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11607969": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11607969",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11607969",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11607966,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-520x520.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 520
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-960x960.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 960
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-375x375.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 375
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1920
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-1020x1020.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1020
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-1180x1180.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1180
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-800x800.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-1920x1920.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1920
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-1180x1180.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1180
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-1920x1920.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1920
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/drift_080217_final-240x240.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 240
}
},
"publishDate": 1501697615,
"modified": 1501697714,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "drift_080217_final",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"byline_news_11662914": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11662914",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11662914",
"name": "\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/author/dan-morain/\">Dan Morain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11647839": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11647839",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11647839",
"name": "\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/author/elizabeth-aguilera/\">Elizabeth Aguilera\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11637094": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11637094",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11637094",
"name": "\u003cstrong>Greta Mart\u003cbr />KCBX\u003c/strong>",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11633326": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11633326",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11633326",
"name": "Sudhin Thanawala \u003cbr> Associated Press",
"isLoading": false
},
"tgoldberg": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "258",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "258",
"found": true
},
"name": "Ted Goldberg",
"firstName": "Ted",
"lastName": "Goldberg",
"slug": "tgoldberg",
"email": "tgoldberg@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Managing Editor, News and Newscasts",
"bio": "Ted Goldberg is Managing Editor of News and Newscasts at KQED. His main reporting beat is the Bay Area's oil refining industry.\r\n\r\nPrior to joining KQED in 2014, Ted worked at CBS News and WCBS AM in New York and Bay City News and KCBS Radio in San Francisco. He graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio in 1998.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30ce2e4fe89135e104f89be2394d16225b9d36c121b5b3cb7651ce642978b96f?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "TedrickG",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Ted Goldberg | KQED",
"description": "KQED Managing Editor, News and Newscasts",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30ce2e4fe89135e104f89be2394d16225b9d36c121b5b3cb7651ce642978b96f?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30ce2e4fe89135e104f89be2394d16225b9d36c121b5b3cb7651ce642978b96f?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/tgoldberg"
},
"markfiore": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3236",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3236",
"found": true
},
"name": "Mark Fiore",
"firstName": "Mark",
"lastName": "Fiore",
"slug": "markfiore",
"email": "mark@markfiore.com",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED News Cartoonist",
"bio": "\u003ca href=\"http://www.MarkFiore.com\">MarkFiore.com\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/markfiore\">Follow on Twitter\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Fiore-Animated-Political-Cartoons/94451707396?ref=bookmarks\">Facebook\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\"mailto:mark@markfiore.com\">email\u003c/a>\r\n\r\nPulitzer Prize-winner, Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons in San Francisco, where his work has been featured regularly on the San Francisco Chronicle’s web site, SFGate.com. His work has appeared on Newsweek.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, MotherJones.com, DailyKos.com and NPR’s web site. Fiore’s political animation has appeared on CNN, Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, Salon.com and cable and broadcast outlets across the globe.\r\n\r\nBeginning his professional life by drawing traditional political cartoons for newspapers, Fiore’s work appeared in publications ranging from the Washington Post to the Los Angeles Times. In the late 1990s, he began to experiment with animating political cartoons and, after a short stint at the San Jose Mercury News as their staff cartoonist, Fiore devoted all his energies to animation.\r\nGrowing up in California, Fiore also spent a good portion of his life in the backwoods of Idaho. It was this combination that shaped him politically. Mark majored in political science at Colorado College, where, in a perfect send-off for a cartoonist, he received his diploma in 1991 as commencement speaker Dick Cheney smiled approvingly.\r\nMark Fiore was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 2010, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2004 and has twice received an Online Journalism Award for commentary from the Online News Association (2002, 2008). Fiore has received two awards for his work in new media from the National Cartoonists Society (2001, 2002), and in 2006 received The James Madison Freedom of Information Award from The Society of Professional Journalists.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc4e2a612b15b67bad0c6f0e1db4ca9b?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "MarkFiore",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/markfiore/?hl=en",
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Mark Fiore | KQED",
"description": "KQED News Cartoonist",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc4e2a612b15b67bad0c6f0e1db4ca9b?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc4e2a612b15b67bad0c6f0e1db4ca9b?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/markfiore"
},
"vrancano": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11276",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11276",
"found": true
},
"name": "Vanessa Rancaño",
"firstName": "Vanessa",
"lastName": "Rancaño",
"slug": "vrancano",
"email": "vrancano@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Reporter, Housing",
"bio": "Vanessa Rancaño is a features reporter for KQED. She’s also covered homelessness and education for the station and reported from the Central Valley. Her work has aired across public radio, from flagship national news shows to longform narrative podcasts. Before taking up a mic, she worked as a freelance print journalist. She’s been recognized with a number of national and regional awards. Vanessa grew up in California's Central Valley. She's a former NPR Kroc Fellow, and a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "vanessarancano",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Vanessa Rancaño | KQED",
"description": "Reporter, Housing",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/vrancano"
},
"ahall": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11490",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11490",
"found": true
},
"name": "Alex Hall",
"firstName": "Alex",
"lastName": "Hall",
"slug": "ahall",
"email": "ahall@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Enterprise & Accountability Reporter",
"bio": "Alex Hall is KQED's Enterprise and Accountability Reporter. She previously covered the Central Valley for five years from KQED's bureau in Fresno. Before joining KQED, Alex was an investigative reporting fellow at Wisconsin Public Radio and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. She has also worked as a bilingual producer for NPR's investigative unit and freelance video producer for Reuters TV on the Latin America desk. She got her start in journalism in South America, where she worked as a radio producer and Spanish-English translator for CNN Chile. Her documentary and investigation into the series of deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at Foster Farms won a national Edward R. Murrow award and was named an Investigative Reporters & Editors award finalist. Alex's reporting for Reveal on the Wisconsin dairy industry's reliance on undocumented immigrant labor was made into a film, Los Lecheros, which won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for best news documentary.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/defcbeb88b0bf591ff9af41f22644051?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "@chalexhall",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Alex Hall | KQED",
"description": "KQED Enterprise & Accountability Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/defcbeb88b0bf591ff9af41f22644051?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/defcbeb88b0bf591ff9af41f22644051?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/ahall"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_tag_farmworkers": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18269",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18269",
"score": 8.934682
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "farmworkers",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "farmworkers Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18303,
"slug": "farmworkers",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "farmworkers",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 11
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?tag=farmworkers",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 11
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"news_11662914": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11662914",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11662914",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1524005226000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1524005226,
"format": "standard",
"title": "News Analysis: Why Big-City Politician Villaraigosa Is Spending So Much Time in Farm Country",
"headTitle": "News Analysis: Why Big-City Politician Villaraigosa Is Spending So Much Time in Farm Country | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Antonio Villaraigosa is not the sort of politician who would scuff his well-shined shoes with the dust from San Joaquin Valley farms, or so you might think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet the natty former Los Angeles mayor and Assembly speaker is going beyond traditional Democratic sources of money in Hollywood, San Francisco and the Silicon Valley to the Central Valley, as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/antonio-villaraigosa-says-hes-not-a-partisan-warrior-but-hes-ready-to-fight/\">he fights for his political life\u003c/a> in the race for governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The onetime union organizer and Southern California ACLU board member has tapped farmers, many of them Republicans, for more than $640,000, nearly 10 percent of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/villaraigosa-raised-a-bundle-in-april-but-then-theres-the-bad-news/\">money\u003c/a> he has raised since the start of 2017, a CALmatters analysis of his campaign contributions shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This unlikely pairing of the big-city Democrat and farmers suggests that Villaraigosa sees Central California as a path to one of the top two slots in the June primary election so he can compete in the November run-off—presumably against the front-runner, Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaraigosa will be in Modesto later this month for a fundraiser hosted by almond growers, one of dozens of trips he has made as a candidate to the Other California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s paying off. Political action committees representing pistachio growers, berry farmers and dairy operators have given him $20,000 or more each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J.G. Boswell Co., one the state’s largest farmland owners, has given him $50,000. Fresno almond farmer Donald Peracchi chipped in $25,000. Peracchi is president of the Westlands Water District, which supplies water to farms in Fresno and Kings counties, and no issue is more important to farmers than water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Woolf said Villaraigosa spent “two full days” with her Fresno-based farming operation last year, “learning about water and agriculture,” and has returned multiple times since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wasn’t coming with answers. He was coming to listen,” said Woolf, a Republican. Woolf Farming donated $15,000 to his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaraigosa supports the proposed \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/latest-news/article202823509.html\">Temperance Flat\u003c/a> reservoir east of Fresno and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article51406055.html\">Sites Reservoir\u003c/a> north of Sacramento, projects embraced by farmers. He opposes the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-delta-tunnel-mwd-20180410-story.html\">Delta tunnel project\u003c/a>, intended to deliver water from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, as too divisive. And he calls for a “grand bargain” to end water wars. Governors, including Jerry Brown, have tried that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Fresno County town of Reedley, Dan Gerawan and his family lay claim to being the nation’s largest growers of peaches, plums and nectarines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerawan also has the distinction of being the target of Cesar Chavez’s last organizing drive, in 1990, before the iconic founder of the United Farm Workers died in 1993. Ever since, Gerawan and the union have been enmeshed in an \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gerawan-ufw-20150731-story.html\">epic struggle\u003c/a> that has spread from the fields to the California Agriculture Labor Relations Board, the Legislature and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-farmworker-court-20171127-story.html\">courts\u003c/a>. It continues to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 9, Gerawan gave $5,000 to Villaraigosa’s run for governor, one of the few times Gerawan has donated to a Democrat. Two weeks later, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez delivered the union’s endorsement of Villaraigosa: “Antonio has consistently stood with and worked with farm workers in good times and tough times over the course of many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Farmers and workers share a lot of the same goals,” Villaraigosa told CALmatters. “They want a healthy economy and they want the Central Valley to get its fair share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11662948\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Former San Francisco mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, another Democratic candidate for governor and the race's current frontrunner.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, another Democratic candidate for governor and the race’s current front-runner. \u003ccite>(Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Villaraigosa \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/02/magazine/tm-9282\">arrived in Sacramento\u003c/a> as a liberal, hardly a go-to legislator for farmers. The first bill he introduced as a freshman assemblyman in 1995 would have raised income taxes on rich people. In another early bill, he aimed to tax bullets. Republicans still had clout in Sacramento then, so neither bill got far. Later, as Assembly speaker, he helped make Chavez’s birthdate a paid holiday for state workers, with votes from several Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers might prefer a Republican as governor. But they can count. With Republicans only a fourth of California’s voters, a Democrat almost surely will succeed Brown, who is leaving because of term limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are wary of Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor, seeing him as too liberal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, Newsom and Villaraigosa raised \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/villaraigosa-raised-a-bundle-in-april-but-then-theres-the-bad-news/\">more than $3 million\u003c/a> between them, their biggest fund-raising month of the campaign. But they are limited by caps on contributions. Not so wealthy individuals beyond the candidates’ control. That became evident recently when Netflix Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings and Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad infused an independent, pro-charter-school campaign fund with $8.5 million to benefit Villaraigosa, a supporter of the cause. Expect more in the days ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11662952\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-800x594.jpg\" alt=\"Republican venture capitalist John Cox is running for California governor in 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-240x178.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-375x278.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-520x386.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican venture capitalist John Cox is running for California governor in 2018. \u003ccite>(Courtesy John Cox Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For now, Newsom has a significant lead, followed by Republican businessman John Cox and Villaraigosa, according to the latest poll by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-governor-senate-poll-20180321-story.html\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. But many voters are undecided. That’s especially true in the San Joaquin Valley, where 29 percent of the likely voters have not made up their minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No wonder, then, that Villaraigosa, Cox and other leading candidates for governor will appear at a debate later this month in Fresno, though Newsom is skipping it. The race in June is one for second place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor is it surprising that Cox, who lives in the San Diego area, is airing a radio ad in the Central Valley deriding “L.A. Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa.” The ad singles out Villaraigosa’s support for spending “billions on the bullet train.” Cox knows the high-speed rail project being built in the Fresno area is \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_316MBS.pdf\">unpopular in the valley\u003c/a>, particularly among Republicans who might be tempted to vote for Villaraigosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the political elites, the Central Valley is just another whistle stop,” Cox’s ad says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, it is a whistle stop for out-of-town politicians. But for Villaraigosa, it’s also an ATM and, he hopes, a well of votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1069,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 25
},
"modified": 1701974984,
"excerpt": "The former L.A. mayor is going beyond traditional Democratic sources of money as he fights for his political life in the race for governor.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The former L.A. mayor is going beyond traditional Democratic sources of money as he fights for his political life in the race for governor.",
"title": "News Analysis: Why Big-City Politician Villaraigosa Is Spending So Much Time in Farm Country | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "News Analysis: Why Big-City Politician Villaraigosa Is Spending So Much Time in Farm Country",
"datePublished": "2018-04-17T15:47:06-07:00",
"dateModified": "2023-12-07T10:49:44-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "news-analysis-why-big-city-politician-villaraigosa-is-spending-so-much-time-in-farm-country",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://calmatters.org/",
"nprByline": "\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/author/dan-morain/\">Dan Morain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>",
"sticky": false,
"source": "CALmatters",
"path": "/news/11662914/news-analysis-why-big-city-politician-villaraigosa-is-spending-so-much-time-in-farm-country",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Antonio Villaraigosa is not the sort of politician who would scuff his well-shined shoes with the dust from San Joaquin Valley farms, or so you might think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet the natty former Los Angeles mayor and Assembly speaker is going beyond traditional Democratic sources of money in Hollywood, San Francisco and the Silicon Valley to the Central Valley, as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/antonio-villaraigosa-says-hes-not-a-partisan-warrior-but-hes-ready-to-fight/\">he fights for his political life\u003c/a> in the race for governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The onetime union organizer and Southern California ACLU board member has tapped farmers, many of them Republicans, for more than $640,000, nearly 10 percent of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/villaraigosa-raised-a-bundle-in-april-but-then-theres-the-bad-news/\">money\u003c/a> he has raised since the start of 2017, a CALmatters analysis of his campaign contributions shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This unlikely pairing of the big-city Democrat and farmers suggests that Villaraigosa sees Central California as a path to one of the top two slots in the June primary election so he can compete in the November run-off—presumably against the front-runner, Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaraigosa will be in Modesto later this month for a fundraiser hosted by almond growers, one of dozens of trips he has made as a candidate to the Other California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s paying off. Political action committees representing pistachio growers, berry farmers and dairy operators have given him $20,000 or more each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J.G. Boswell Co., one the state’s largest farmland owners, has given him $50,000. Fresno almond farmer Donald Peracchi chipped in $25,000. Peracchi is president of the Westlands Water District, which supplies water to farms in Fresno and Kings counties, and no issue is more important to farmers than water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Woolf said Villaraigosa spent “two full days” with her Fresno-based farming operation last year, “learning about water and agriculture,” and has returned multiple times since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wasn’t coming with answers. He was coming to listen,” said Woolf, a Republican. Woolf Farming donated $15,000 to his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaraigosa supports the proposed \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/latest-news/article202823509.html\">Temperance Flat\u003c/a> reservoir east of Fresno and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article51406055.html\">Sites Reservoir\u003c/a> north of Sacramento, projects embraced by farmers. He opposes the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-delta-tunnel-mwd-20180410-story.html\">Delta tunnel project\u003c/a>, intended to deliver water from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, as too divisive. And he calls for a “grand bargain” to end water wars. Governors, including Jerry Brown, have tried that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Fresno County town of Reedley, Dan Gerawan and his family lay claim to being the nation’s largest growers of peaches, plums and nectarines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerawan also has the distinction of being the target of Cesar Chavez’s last organizing drive, in 1990, before the iconic founder of the United Farm Workers died in 1993. Ever since, Gerawan and the union have been enmeshed in an \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gerawan-ufw-20150731-story.html\">epic struggle\u003c/a> that has spread from the fields to the California Agriculture Labor Relations Board, the Legislature and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-farmworker-court-20171127-story.html\">courts\u003c/a>. It continues to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 9, Gerawan gave $5,000 to Villaraigosa’s run for governor, one of the few times Gerawan has donated to a Democrat. Two weeks later, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez delivered the union’s endorsement of Villaraigosa: “Antonio has consistently stood with and worked with farm workers in good times and tough times over the course of many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Farmers and workers share a lot of the same goals,” Villaraigosa told CALmatters. “They want a healthy economy and they want the Central Valley to get its fair share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11662948\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Former San Francisco mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, another Democratic candidate for governor and the race's current frontrunner.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Newsom-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, another Democratic candidate for governor and the race’s current front-runner. \u003ccite>(Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Villaraigosa \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/02/magazine/tm-9282\">arrived in Sacramento\u003c/a> as a liberal, hardly a go-to legislator for farmers. The first bill he introduced as a freshman assemblyman in 1995 would have raised income taxes on rich people. In another early bill, he aimed to tax bullets. Republicans still had clout in Sacramento then, so neither bill got far. Later, as Assembly speaker, he helped make Chavez’s birthdate a paid holiday for state workers, with votes from several Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers might prefer a Republican as governor. But they can count. With Republicans only a fourth of California’s voters, a Democrat almost surely will succeed Brown, who is leaving because of term limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are wary of Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor, seeing him as too liberal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, Newsom and Villaraigosa raised \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/villaraigosa-raised-a-bundle-in-april-but-then-theres-the-bad-news/\">more than $3 million\u003c/a> between them, their biggest fund-raising month of the campaign. But they are limited by caps on contributions. Not so wealthy individuals beyond the candidates’ control. That became evident recently when Netflix Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings and Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad infused an independent, pro-charter-school campaign fund with $8.5 million to benefit Villaraigosa, a supporter of the cause. Expect more in the days ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11662952\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-800x594.jpg\" alt=\"Republican venture capitalist John Cox is running for California governor in 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-240x178.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-375x278.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Cox800-520x386.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican venture capitalist John Cox is running for California governor in 2018. \u003ccite>(Courtesy John Cox Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For now, Newsom has a significant lead, followed by Republican businessman John Cox and Villaraigosa, according to the latest poll by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-governor-senate-poll-20180321-story.html\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. But many voters are undecided. That’s especially true in the San Joaquin Valley, where 29 percent of the likely voters have not made up their minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No wonder, then, that Villaraigosa, Cox and other leading candidates for governor will appear at a debate later this month in Fresno, though Newsom is skipping it. The race in June is one for second place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor is it surprising that Cox, who lives in the San Diego area, is airing a radio ad in the Central Valley deriding “L.A. Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa.” The ad singles out Villaraigosa’s support for spending “billions on the bullet train.” Cox knows the high-speed rail project being built in the Fresno area is \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_316MBS.pdf\">unpopular in the valley\u003c/a>, particularly among Republicans who might be tempted to vote for Villaraigosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the political elites, the Central Valley is just another whistle stop,” Cox’s ad says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, it is a whistle stop for out-of-town politicians. But for Villaraigosa, it’s also an ATM and, he hopes, a well of votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11662914/news-analysis-why-big-city-politician-villaraigosa-is-spending-so-much-time-in-farm-country",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11662914"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_4092",
"news_17627",
"news_311",
"news_20191",
"news_18269",
"news_16",
"news_23202",
"news_312"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_18481"
],
"featImg": "news_11662940",
"label": "source_news_11662914"
},
"news_11659380": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11659380",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11659380",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1522705248000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1522705248,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears",
"title": "After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>On the side of a busy country road in Delano, California, local farmworkers have built a small memorial, featuring dozens of votive candles surrounding bouquets of roses and balloons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shrine in the small Central Valley city was erected in memory of Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33, two undocumented farmworkers from Guerrero, Mexico, who \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/news/11656376/undocumented-couple-killed-speeding-away-from-agents\">died in a car crash\u003c/a> last month, shortly after agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to pull over their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 13, as the couple was driving around looking for work in the grape fields, a car behind them flashed its lights, signaling their vehicle to pull over. When they stopped, and ICE agents got out of the car, Hilario sped off. According to police, minutes later, he lost control of the couple’s SUV and crashed into a telephone pole. Their vehicle flipped over, killing them both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for ICE said Hilario matched the description of a man agents were looking for. It turned out he was not that individual. In a statement, the agency called the incident “isolated” and “extremely unfortunate.” According to ICE, Santos Hilario Garcia had been deported to Mexico three times since 2008 and was convicted of a DUI in 2014. ICE noted that Marcelina Garcia Perfecto \"had no prior encounters with ICE.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429095-Delano-Police-Department-press-release.html#document/p1\">Delano police also said\u003c/a> that the ICE agents stated they terminated their attempts to stop the victims’ vehicle once Hilario began to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident hit the local community in Delano hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilario and Garcia had six children, ages 8 to 18. A teenage girl who recently stopped by the memorial with her parents asked not to be named, but said she went to school with the couple’s oldest daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's heartbreaking. Now she has to take full custody of her siblings. It's really sad, it's honestly really sad,\" the girl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, community members held a wake for the victims at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Delano, which is accepting food donations for the couple's children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers Foundation recently held a \"Know Your Rights\" session at the same church. At the meeting, three UFW staff members performed a mock traffic stop role play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UFW Foundation intern Jesús -- who didn't want to disclose his last name -- pretended he was a farmworker sitting in the driver's seat of a car that had just been pulled over by ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he rolled down an imaginary window, UFW Foundation fellow Karina Morales, acting as an ICE agent, asked him in Spanish, \"Where were you born? How many years have you been here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I choose to plead the Fifth,\" Jesús responded, his head hanging down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11659454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11659454 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg\" alt=\"United Farm Workers Foundation Fellow Karina Morales holds a card which explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door.\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1180x717.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-960x583.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-240x146.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-375x228.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-520x316.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Farm Workers Foundation fellow Karina Morales holds a card that explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/news/immigration-agents-conducting-operation-in-kern-county-detain-at-least/article_82ad03be-1db6-11e8-b3c9-1b53b406b402.html\">the Bakersfield Californian reported\u003c/a> at least 24 people were arrested in Kern County, many of them farmworkers stopped early in the morning on their way to the fields. Organizers with the UFW Foundation said they have received similar reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since what happened with the [death] of Santos and Marcelina, it looks that ICE ... is stopping farmworkers on their way to work early mornings,\" said Nancy Oropeza, a UFW Foundation coordinator who keeps track of when farmworkers report they have seen ICE or been detained in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers believe the ICE agents that pulled Hilario and Garcia over were driving an unmarked vehicle. The agency won't confirm this, but said sanctuary policies have pushed ICE out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's something we're concerned about, how ICE is doing these operations by portraying themselves as local police,\" said Eriberto Fernandez, civic participation and policy coordinator with the UFW Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They turn on their emergency lights, they pull you over, you don't know if you're being pulled over for a speeding ticket, or broken tail light, or if it's an ICE official looking to see if you have papers or not,\" Fernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of communication has created fear in Delano, a town where most people either work in the fields or know someone who does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They say [ICE] was at the Mexican stores,\" said Rosa Sandoval, a member of the church, referring to grocery stores popular with Latino and Mexican immigrant workers. Sandoval looked around and leaned in before whispering, \"at Vallarta ... they were there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The farmworkers, they're really intimidated with what is happening, especially with the Delano case,\" said Jesús. \"It's opened up a lot of eyes in the community. Just to look out for each other and get more informed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers held the \"Know Your Rights\" meeting at the church with the idea that farmworkers would consider it a safe space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trouble is, in this climate of fear, no one showed up.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11659380 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11659380",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/02/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 875,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 25
},
"modified": 1522714760,
"excerpt": "ICE says sanctuary policies have pushed their agents out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "ICE says sanctuary policies have pushed their agents out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public. ",
"title": "After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears",
"datePublished": "2018-04-02T14:40:48-07:00",
"dateModified": "2018-04-02T17:19:20-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/04/DelanoFarmWorkersHall180402.mp3",
"path": "/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears",
"audioDuration": 220000,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On the side of a busy country road in Delano, California, local farmworkers have built a small memorial, featuring dozens of votive candles surrounding bouquets of roses and balloons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shrine in the small Central Valley city was erected in memory of Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33, two undocumented farmworkers from Guerrero, Mexico, who \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/news/11656376/undocumented-couple-killed-speeding-away-from-agents\">died in a car crash\u003c/a> last month, shortly after agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to pull over their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 13, as the couple was driving around looking for work in the grape fields, a car behind them flashed its lights, signaling their vehicle to pull over. When they stopped, and ICE agents got out of the car, Hilario sped off. According to police, minutes later, he lost control of the couple’s SUV and crashed into a telephone pole. Their vehicle flipped over, killing them both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for ICE said Hilario matched the description of a man agents were looking for. It turned out he was not that individual. In a statement, the agency called the incident “isolated” and “extremely unfortunate.” According to ICE, Santos Hilario Garcia had been deported to Mexico three times since 2008 and was convicted of a DUI in 2014. ICE noted that Marcelina Garcia Perfecto \"had no prior encounters with ICE.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429095-Delano-Police-Department-press-release.html#document/p1\">Delano police also said\u003c/a> that the ICE agents stated they terminated their attempts to stop the victims’ vehicle once Hilario began to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident hit the local community in Delano hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilario and Garcia had six children, ages 8 to 18. A teenage girl who recently stopped by the memorial with her parents asked not to be named, but said she went to school with the couple’s oldest daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's heartbreaking. Now she has to take full custody of her siblings. It's really sad, it's honestly really sad,\" the girl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, community members held a wake for the victims at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Delano, which is accepting food donations for the couple's children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers Foundation recently held a \"Know Your Rights\" session at the same church. At the meeting, three UFW staff members performed a mock traffic stop role play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UFW Foundation intern Jesús -- who didn't want to disclose his last name -- pretended he was a farmworker sitting in the driver's seat of a car that had just been pulled over by ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he rolled down an imaginary window, UFW Foundation fellow Karina Morales, acting as an ICE agent, asked him in Spanish, \"Where were you born? How many years have you been here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I choose to plead the Fifth,\" Jesús responded, his head hanging down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11659454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11659454 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg\" alt=\"United Farm Workers Foundation Fellow Karina Morales holds a card which explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door.\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1180x717.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-960x583.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-240x146.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-375x228.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-520x316.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Farm Workers Foundation fellow Karina Morales holds a card that explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/news/immigration-agents-conducting-operation-in-kern-county-detain-at-least/article_82ad03be-1db6-11e8-b3c9-1b53b406b402.html\">the Bakersfield Californian reported\u003c/a> at least 24 people were arrested in Kern County, many of them farmworkers stopped early in the morning on their way to the fields. Organizers with the UFW Foundation said they have received similar reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since what happened with the [death] of Santos and Marcelina, it looks that ICE ... is stopping farmworkers on their way to work early mornings,\" said Nancy Oropeza, a UFW Foundation coordinator who keeps track of when farmworkers report they have seen ICE or been detained in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers believe the ICE agents that pulled Hilario and Garcia over were driving an unmarked vehicle. The agency won't confirm this, but said sanctuary policies have pushed ICE out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's something we're concerned about, how ICE is doing these operations by portraying themselves as local police,\" said Eriberto Fernandez, civic participation and policy coordinator with the UFW Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They turn on their emergency lights, they pull you over, you don't know if you're being pulled over for a speeding ticket, or broken tail light, or if it's an ICE official looking to see if you have papers or not,\" Fernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of communication has created fear in Delano, a town where most people either work in the fields or know someone who does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They say [ICE] was at the Mexican stores,\" said Rosa Sandoval, a member of the church, referring to grocery stores popular with Latino and Mexican immigrant workers. Sandoval looked around and leaned in before whispering, \"at Vallarta ... they were there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The farmworkers, they're really intimidated with what is happening, especially with the Delano case,\" said Jesús. \"It's opened up a lot of eyes in the community. Just to look out for each other and get more informed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers held the \"Know Your Rights\" meeting at the church with the idea that farmworkers would consider it a safe space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trouble is, in this climate of fear, no one showed up.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears",
"authors": [
"11490"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_5968",
"news_18269",
"news_21027",
"news_17041",
"news_20529",
"news_244"
],
"featImg": "news_11659419",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11654965": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11654965",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11654965",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1520897786000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1520897786,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "ICE Is Auditing This Central Valley Grower, Again - And He Blames California Lawmakers",
"title": "ICE Is Auditing This Central Valley Grower, Again - And He Blames California Lawmakers",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>In late January, Mike Poindexter, a third-generation walnut grower in the Central Valley town of Selma, received some bad news. It came in the form of a letter from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It said federal agents would be auditing his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after receiving the letter, Poindexter hung \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/LC_90.2_EE_Notice.pdf\">a notice to workers\u003c/a> about the I-9 audit above the time clock where staff punch in before their shifts. Within two days, 18 people had quit, likely out of fear authorities would discover they lacked permission to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get attached to people,\" said Poindexter, the CEO of Poindexter Nut Company. \"I understand there are a lot of people who say, 'Hey, these people are illegal, they have to go.' I understand what they're saying. But they're saying that about people they don't know. They're saying that about some nameless, faceless thing out there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the spring of 2008, Poindexter was audited by ICE for the first time. So he turned in a stack of paperwork and waited for months. He didn’t hear back from officers until August. When the agents got back to him, they said 70 percent of his staff would have to go that same day. He says the turnover cost his company $2 million and it took three years to bounce back from the losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He now uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/e-verify\">E-Verify\u003c/a>, the federal website used to verify work authorization, and he thought that would ensure he was hiring a legal workforce. But Poindexter still compares the most recent audit to a sword hanging over his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ 'Cause you've been hurt, bad. And you don't want it to happen again,” he said. “You've done everything right you can. And you think, I'll be OK this time. I probably will, but you don't know. And until we get that all clear, it's hanging over you. That stress. What's gonna happen?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11655325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Workers at Poindexter Nut Company sort walnuts. The company is undergoing an ICE audit for the second time.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-800x522.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-1180x770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-960x627.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-240x157.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-375x245.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-520x339.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers at Poindexter Nut Company sort walnuts. The company is undergoing an ICE audit for the second time. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the ongoing stress of the audits, Poindexter’s frustration is not directed toward ICE. Instead, he blames California lawmakers for provoking the federal government by enacting statewide sanctuary policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have a bear and you have a person throwing rocks at a bear. And then when the bear lashes out and you get slashed by it, you want me to be mad at the bear?” Poindexter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notice Poindexter posted, informing workers of the audit, is now required by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB450\">state law\u003c/a> in California. It’s just one of the rules recently put in place to protect immigrant workers in the state, regardless of their immigration status. Starting this year, employers can also be fined up to $10,000 for voluntarily handing over certain employee records to ICE, or allowing federal agents into private areas of a workplace without a warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You're saying you're protecting people from being hauled off. Well, you may stop that part of it. But you're not gonna stop the business audits. And you've done more damage than anything ever now. ‘Cause now I have to let go of all these people.’\u003ccite>Manuel Cunha, Nisei Farmers League\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654314\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against California, arguing that the state’s so-called sanctuary laws are unconstitutional and block ICE from doing its job. The news came just days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652479/advocates-confirm-23-immigrants-arrested-in-northern-california-operation\">232 people were arrested\u003c/a> in an ICE operation throughout Northern and Central California. The Bakersfield Californian reported at least 24 farmworkers were detained on their way to the fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/232-illegal-aliens-arrested-during-ice-operation-northern-california\">a statement\u003c/a>, ICE pointed to new legal barriers to working with local jails and police departments in the state, and said that situation had “forced” the agency to conduct raids in neighborhoods and at workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of workers keeping agricultural businesses running in California are unauthorized immigrants, according to Philip Martin, a professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis. California growers, through their business associations, have long supported a path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers who agree to keep working in agriculture for several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Poindexter is not alone in his frustration with state lawmakers, according to Manuel Cunha, president of the Nisei Farmers League -- a nonprofit that represents the interests of Central Valley growers. Many agricultural businesses are concerned that the standoff over sanctuary policies between California and the federal government is triggering retaliation in the form of more audits. And the attention is unwanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11655329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Poindexter Nut Company CEO Mike Poindexter reads a letter he recently received from ICE, notifying him that his business is being audited.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-800x483.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-1020x615.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-1180x712.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-960x579.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-240x145.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-375x226.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-520x314.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poindexter Nut Company CEO Mike Poindexter reads a letter he recently received from ICE, notifying him that his business is being audited. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I'm gonna say the largest percentage of our farmers and businesses do not support the sanctuary state. At all,” Cunha said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You're saying you're protecting people from being hauled off. Well, you may stop that part of it. But you're not gonna stop the business audits. And you've done more damage than anything ever now. ‘Cause now I have to let go of all these people,” added Cunha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"z2buvssPQDFcAYlnCkqwsB99NP0pxnQr\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, ICE conducted over 1,300 workplace audits nationwide, resulting in 311 arrests of workers. ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley would not confirm whether the agency is now increasing I-9 audits in California, but she did say that across the country, “ICE is stepping up efforts to enforce the laws that prohibit businesses from hiring illegal workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poindexter believes California lawmakers should expect a backlash if they’re going to snub the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why is ICE cracking down on California? Why aren't they cracking down on Texas?” he asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have the state of California actively obstructing the federal government from enforcing these laws. It doesn't surprise me that the bear's tired of the rocks getting thrown.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11654965 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11654965",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/03/12/ice-is-auditing-this-central-valley-grower-again-and-he-blames-california-lawmakers/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1018,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 22
},
"modified": 1520900197,
"excerpt": "Growers are worried ICE may be ramping up audits of their businesses in response to California’s standoff with feds over immigration.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Growers are worried ICE may be ramping up audits of their businesses in response to California’s standoff with feds over immigration.",
"title": "ICE Is Auditing This Central Valley Grower, Again - And He Blames California Lawmakers | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "ICE Is Auditing This Central Valley Grower, Again - And He Blames California Lawmakers",
"datePublished": "2018-03-12T16:36:26-07:00",
"dateModified": "2018-03-12T17:16:37-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "ice-is-auditing-this-central-valley-grower-again-and-he-blames-california-lawmakers",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/03/ICEAuditsHallTCRAM180312.mp3",
"path": "/news/11654965/ice-is-auditing-this-central-valley-grower-again-and-he-blames-california-lawmakers",
"audioDuration": 246000,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In late January, Mike Poindexter, a third-generation walnut grower in the Central Valley town of Selma, received some bad news. It came in the form of a letter from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It said federal agents would be auditing his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after receiving the letter, Poindexter hung \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/LC_90.2_EE_Notice.pdf\">a notice to workers\u003c/a> about the I-9 audit above the time clock where staff punch in before their shifts. Within two days, 18 people had quit, likely out of fear authorities would discover they lacked permission to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get attached to people,\" said Poindexter, the CEO of Poindexter Nut Company. \"I understand there are a lot of people who say, 'Hey, these people are illegal, they have to go.' I understand what they're saying. But they're saying that about people they don't know. They're saying that about some nameless, faceless thing out there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the spring of 2008, Poindexter was audited by ICE for the first time. So he turned in a stack of paperwork and waited for months. He didn’t hear back from officers until August. When the agents got back to him, they said 70 percent of his staff would have to go that same day. He says the turnover cost his company $2 million and it took three years to bounce back from the losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He now uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/e-verify\">E-Verify\u003c/a>, the federal website used to verify work authorization, and he thought that would ensure he was hiring a legal workforce. But Poindexter still compares the most recent audit to a sword hanging over his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ 'Cause you've been hurt, bad. And you don't want it to happen again,” he said. “You've done everything right you can. And you think, I'll be OK this time. I probably will, but you don't know. And until we get that all clear, it's hanging over you. That stress. What's gonna happen?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11655325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Workers at Poindexter Nut Company sort walnuts. The company is undergoing an ICE audit for the second time.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-800x522.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-1180x770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-960x627.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-240x157.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-375x245.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/SortingWalnuts-520x339.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers at Poindexter Nut Company sort walnuts. The company is undergoing an ICE audit for the second time. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the ongoing stress of the audits, Poindexter’s frustration is not directed toward ICE. Instead, he blames California lawmakers for provoking the federal government by enacting statewide sanctuary policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have a bear and you have a person throwing rocks at a bear. And then when the bear lashes out and you get slashed by it, you want me to be mad at the bear?” Poindexter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notice Poindexter posted, informing workers of the audit, is now required by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB450\">state law\u003c/a> in California. It’s just one of the rules recently put in place to protect immigrant workers in the state, regardless of their immigration status. Starting this year, employers can also be fined up to $10,000 for voluntarily handing over certain employee records to ICE, or allowing federal agents into private areas of a workplace without a warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You're saying you're protecting people from being hauled off. Well, you may stop that part of it. But you're not gonna stop the business audits. And you've done more damage than anything ever now. ‘Cause now I have to let go of all these people.’\u003ccite>Manuel Cunha, Nisei Farmers League\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654314\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against California, arguing that the state’s so-called sanctuary laws are unconstitutional and block ICE from doing its job. The news came just days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652479/advocates-confirm-23-immigrants-arrested-in-northern-california-operation\">232 people were arrested\u003c/a> in an ICE operation throughout Northern and Central California. The Bakersfield Californian reported at least 24 farmworkers were detained on their way to the fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/232-illegal-aliens-arrested-during-ice-operation-northern-california\">a statement\u003c/a>, ICE pointed to new legal barriers to working with local jails and police departments in the state, and said that situation had “forced” the agency to conduct raids in neighborhoods and at workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of workers keeping agricultural businesses running in California are unauthorized immigrants, according to Philip Martin, a professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis. California growers, through their business associations, have long supported a path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers who agree to keep working in agriculture for several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Poindexter is not alone in his frustration with state lawmakers, according to Manuel Cunha, president of the Nisei Farmers League -- a nonprofit that represents the interests of Central Valley growers. Many agricultural businesses are concerned that the standoff over sanctuary policies between California and the federal government is triggering retaliation in the form of more audits. And the attention is unwanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11655329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Poindexter Nut Company CEO Mike Poindexter reads a letter he recently received from ICE, notifying him that his business is being audited.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-800x483.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-1020x615.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-1180x712.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-960x579.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-240x145.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-375x226.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/MikeLetter-520x314.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poindexter Nut Company CEO Mike Poindexter reads a letter he recently received from ICE, notifying him that his business is being audited. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I'm gonna say the largest percentage of our farmers and businesses do not support the sanctuary state. At all,” Cunha said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You're saying you're protecting people from being hauled off. Well, you may stop that part of it. But you're not gonna stop the business audits. And you've done more damage than anything ever now. ‘Cause now I have to let go of all these people,” added Cunha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, ICE conducted over 1,300 workplace audits nationwide, resulting in 311 arrests of workers. ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley would not confirm whether the agency is now increasing I-9 audits in California, but she did say that across the country, “ICE is stepping up efforts to enforce the laws that prohibit businesses from hiring illegal workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poindexter believes California lawmakers should expect a backlash if they’re going to snub the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why is ICE cracking down on California? Why aren't they cracking down on Texas?” he asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have the state of California actively obstructing the federal government from enforcing these laws. It doesn't surprise me that the bear's tired of the rocks getting thrown.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11654965/ice-is-auditing-this-central-valley-grower-again-and-he-blames-california-lawmakers",
"authors": [
"11490"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944",
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_4092",
"news_311",
"news_18269",
"news_20445",
"news_17286",
"news_17041",
"news_20529",
"news_244"
],
"featImg": "news_11655312",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11647839": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11647839",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11647839",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1517625819000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1517625819,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Caught in The Middle: California Businesses Face Conflicting Immigration Laws",
"title": "Caught in The Middle: California Businesses Face Conflicting Immigration Laws",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Growing tension between California and the federal government over immigration has business owners in the crosshairs, worried about the potential effect on their enterprises and unsure which laws they should follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those in immigrant-dependent industries, such as hospitality and agriculture, say conflicting messages from the state, with its new laws to protect undocumented residents, and the federal government, which is cracking down on people in the U.S. illegally, puts them in an especially tough spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit scary to be caught in the middle of a stand-off between the feds and local law enforcement,” said Sharokina Shams, spokeswoman for the California Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 2, the interim director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said California should “hold on tight,” because he planned to send in a flood of agents and conduct more actions to counter the state’s new “sanctuary” law. That law, which took effect Jan. 1, limits local and state law enforcement agencies’ cooperation with federal authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE also recently raided nearly 100 7-Eleven franchises across the country and arrested 21 people. If that happened in California, the store owners would be required under a separate law to request warrants and subpoenas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law,\u003c/a> called the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, also went into effect Jan. 1. It \u003ca href=\"https://www.employers.org/blog/2017/10/25/default/what-the-new-immigrant-worker-protection-act-ab-450-means-for-employers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requires\u003c/a> that employers admit immigration officials to a worksite only if the agents have a warrant; keep workers’ confidential information private in the absence of a subpoena; and notify their workers before a federal audit of employee records takes place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Attorney General Xavier Becerra \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article195434409.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced\u003c/a> on Jan. 18 that his office would go after employers who share information about workers in contradiction of the new law and they could face prosecution, including fines of up to $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to protect people’s rights to privacy and protect their ability to go about their business, going to work and feeding their kids,” said Becerra, an appointee who is running for election to his post this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his announcement was prompted by rumors in Northern California that immigration agents intend to conduct workplace raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement says employers in California are expected to comply with \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/i9-inspection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal regulations\u003c/a>, as they have in the past, when asked to open their records for review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Immigrant Worker Protection Act “reflects yet another effort by the State of California to interfere with federal immigration enforcement authorities,” Lori Haley, spokeswoman for ICE, told CALmatters in an email. “Federal law established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 requires employers to verify the identity and work eligibility of all individuals they hire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such audits protect jobs for citizens and others who are in the country legally and help battle worker exploitation, child labor and other illegal practices, Haley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11647841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis.jpg\" alt=\"“The small business owner is the loser in this,” said Patricia Perez, co-owner of Pho Show restaurants in Culver City and Redondo Beach.\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-240x178.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-375x278.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-520x385.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The small business owner is the loser in this,” said Patricia Perez, co-owner of Pho Show restaurants in Culver City and Redondo Beach. (Elizabeth Aguilera)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California business owners shouldn’t be put at odds with the federal government, said GOP Assemblyman Travis Allen, who represents Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Business owners should always feel safe to cooperate with federal authorities without fear of persecution by California’s rogue attorney general,” said Allen, who is running for governor. “Business owners should never be used as pawns in the California Democrats’ ongoing war with the White House.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called the new law unconstitutional and likened Becerra’s threat to the Mafia silencing witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Constitution has “laid out clearly that immigration is federal, not state jurisdiction,” Allen said. “Federal law trumps state law and Xavier Becerra knows this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cfbf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Farm Bureau Federation\u003c/a>, which represents farmers, has been reaching out to its 27,000 members to educate them about the new employer law. But officials there say they may not be able to reach everyone and worry that some may get caught unaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a little disconcerting that the attorney general felt compelled to make a public statement to the effect that ‘we are going to fine anybody that we think might have violated the law at the max penalty’ when people make mistakes,” said Bryan Little, director of employment policy for the federation. “It would have been more helpful for the attorney general to be more informative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, Little said, when immigration authorities decide to do an employment inspection, an employer receives a letter stating that the agency wants to audit its records, how those records should be provided and whether agents plan to show up at the worksite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s different from an enforcement action, when agents show up without warning to look for someone specific or to question all employees about their legal status — the kind of operation that does not happen very often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, said Little, California law adds a layer of complications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our business owners, operators and employers are caught in the middle” between ICE’s right to enforce federal law and the state’s limited-cooperation directive, he said. “It’s unfortunate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, restaurateur Patricia Perez, co-owner of Pho Show restaurants in Culver City and Redondo Beach, feels the pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being in the hospitality industry, the whole social and political climate is worrisome,” she said. “Even before this, there is a lot to comply with. I don’t know what we would do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The small business owner is the loser in this,” said Perez, who is also on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrest.org/post/los-angeles-chapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">board \u003c/a>of the Los Angeles Chapter of the California Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keeping up with new laws and regulations is hard enough, said Perez. Anytime a government agency shows up at a business for audits or information, employers and workers are nervous or even intimidated, and the new employment law doesn’t help, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not an issue of transparency. Once a government agency asks for anything, it’s a feeling of not having a choice,” she said. “Business owners don’t always know their rights or what to do except to comply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California could be contradicting itself with the new employer law, according to Jonathan Turley, professor of public-interest law at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state weighed in on a 2012 case involving an Arizona law that required police to cooperate with immigration agents, Turley noted in a \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/370012-california-immigrant-worker-law-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-jeff-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review\u003c/a> of California’s new employer law. Kamala Harris, who was then California’s attorney general, signed a brief arguing that Arizona’s law improperly interfered with federal jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, California is putting business owners in the direct path of the federal government, Turley argues, and its law could be challenged based on its own position that states should not impede federal authority.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11647839 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11647839",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/caught-in-the-middle-california-businesses-face-conflicting-immigration-laws/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1190,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 32
},
"modified": 1517860517,
"excerpt": "Those in immigrant-dependent industries, such as hospitality and agriculture, say conflicting messages from the state and the federal government puts them in an especially tough spot.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Those in immigrant-dependent industries, such as hospitality and agriculture, say conflicting messages from the state and the federal government puts them in an especially tough spot.",
"title": "Caught in The Middle: California Businesses Face Conflicting Immigration Laws | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Caught in The Middle: California Businesses Face Conflicting Immigration Laws",
"datePublished": "2018-02-02T18:43:39-08:00",
"dateModified": "2018-02-05T11:55:17-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "caught-in-the-middle-california-businesses-face-conflicting-immigration-laws",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://calmatters.org/",
"nprByline": "\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/author/elizabeth-aguilera/\">Elizabeth Aguilera\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>",
"source": "CALmatters",
"path": "/news/11647839/caught-in-the-middle-california-businesses-face-conflicting-immigration-laws",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Growing tension between California and the federal government over immigration has business owners in the crosshairs, worried about the potential effect on their enterprises and unsure which laws they should follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those in immigrant-dependent industries, such as hospitality and agriculture, say conflicting messages from the state, with its new laws to protect undocumented residents, and the federal government, which is cracking down on people in the U.S. illegally, puts them in an especially tough spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit scary to be caught in the middle of a stand-off between the feds and local law enforcement,” said Sharokina Shams, spokeswoman for the California Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 2, the interim director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said California should “hold on tight,” because he planned to send in a flood of agents and conduct more actions to counter the state’s new “sanctuary” law. That law, which took effect Jan. 1, limits local and state law enforcement agencies’ cooperation with federal authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE also recently raided nearly 100 7-Eleven franchises across the country and arrested 21 people. If that happened in California, the store owners would be required under a separate law to request warrants and subpoenas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law,\u003c/a> called the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, also went into effect Jan. 1. It \u003ca href=\"https://www.employers.org/blog/2017/10/25/default/what-the-new-immigrant-worker-protection-act-ab-450-means-for-employers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requires\u003c/a> that employers admit immigration officials to a worksite only if the agents have a warrant; keep workers’ confidential information private in the absence of a subpoena; and notify their workers before a federal audit of employee records takes place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Attorney General Xavier Becerra \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article195434409.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced\u003c/a> on Jan. 18 that his office would go after employers who share information about workers in contradiction of the new law and they could face prosecution, including fines of up to $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to protect people’s rights to privacy and protect their ability to go about their business, going to work and feeding their kids,” said Becerra, an appointee who is running for election to his post this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his announcement was prompted by rumors in Northern California that immigration agents intend to conduct workplace raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement says employers in California are expected to comply with \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/i9-inspection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal regulations\u003c/a>, as they have in the past, when asked to open their records for review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Immigrant Worker Protection Act “reflects yet another effort by the State of California to interfere with federal immigration enforcement authorities,” Lori Haley, spokeswoman for ICE, told CALmatters in an email. “Federal law established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 requires employers to verify the identity and work eligibility of all individuals they hire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such audits protect jobs for citizens and others who are in the country legally and help battle worker exploitation, child labor and other illegal practices, Haley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11647841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis.jpg\" alt=\"“The small business owner is the loser in this,” said Patricia Perez, co-owner of Pho Show restaurants in Culver City and Redondo Beach.\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-240x178.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-375x278.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/smallbuis-520x385.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The small business owner is the loser in this,” said Patricia Perez, co-owner of Pho Show restaurants in Culver City and Redondo Beach. (Elizabeth Aguilera)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California business owners shouldn’t be put at odds with the federal government, said GOP Assemblyman Travis Allen, who represents Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Business owners should always feel safe to cooperate with federal authorities without fear of persecution by California’s rogue attorney general,” said Allen, who is running for governor. “Business owners should never be used as pawns in the California Democrats’ ongoing war with the White House.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called the new law unconstitutional and likened Becerra’s threat to the Mafia silencing witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Constitution has “laid out clearly that immigration is federal, not state jurisdiction,” Allen said. “Federal law trumps state law and Xavier Becerra knows this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cfbf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Farm Bureau Federation\u003c/a>, which represents farmers, has been reaching out to its 27,000 members to educate them about the new employer law. But officials there say they may not be able to reach everyone and worry that some may get caught unaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a little disconcerting that the attorney general felt compelled to make a public statement to the effect that ‘we are going to fine anybody that we think might have violated the law at the max penalty’ when people make mistakes,” said Bryan Little, director of employment policy for the federation. “It would have been more helpful for the attorney general to be more informative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, Little said, when immigration authorities decide to do an employment inspection, an employer receives a letter stating that the agency wants to audit its records, how those records should be provided and whether agents plan to show up at the worksite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s different from an enforcement action, when agents show up without warning to look for someone specific or to question all employees about their legal status — the kind of operation that does not happen very often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, said Little, California law adds a layer of complications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our business owners, operators and employers are caught in the middle” between ICE’s right to enforce federal law and the state’s limited-cooperation directive, he said. “It’s unfortunate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, restaurateur Patricia Perez, co-owner of Pho Show restaurants in Culver City and Redondo Beach, feels the pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being in the hospitality industry, the whole social and political climate is worrisome,” she said. “Even before this, there is a lot to comply with. I don’t know what we would do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The small business owner is the loser in this,” said Perez, who is also on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrest.org/post/los-angeles-chapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">board \u003c/a>of the Los Angeles Chapter of the California Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keeping up with new laws and regulations is hard enough, said Perez. Anytime a government agency shows up at a business for audits or information, employers and workers are nervous or even intimidated, and the new employment law doesn’t help, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not an issue of transparency. Once a government agency asks for anything, it’s a feeling of not having a choice,” she said. “Business owners don’t always know their rights or what to do except to comply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California could be contradicting itself with the new employer law, according to Jonathan Turley, professor of public-interest law at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state weighed in on a 2012 case involving an Arizona law that required police to cooperate with immigration agents, Turley noted in a \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/370012-california-immigrant-worker-law-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-jeff-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review\u003c/a> of California’s new employer law. Kamala Harris, who was then California’s attorney general, signed a brief arguing that Arizona’s law improperly interfered with federal jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, California is putting business owners in the direct path of the federal government, Turley argues, and its law could be challenged based on its own position that states should not impede federal authority.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11647839/caught-in-the-middle-california-businesses-face-conflicting-immigration-laws",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11647839"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_1169",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_17611",
"news_18269",
"news_17286"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_18481"
],
"featImg": "news_11647840",
"label": "source_news_11647839"
},
"news_11641448": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11641448",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11641448",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1516659378000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1516659378,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Ag Industry Fights Pesticide Penalties and State Efforts to Increase Future Fines",
"title": "Ag Industry Fights Pesticide Penalties and State Efforts to Increase Future Fines",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Several produce and farm labor contractors are contesting fines they face in connection with two separate pesticide drifts in the Central Valley that sickened close to 130 agricultural workers last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August the Kern County agricultural commissioner issued more than $50,000 in fines against \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two firms\u003c/a>, including Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties oranges, for violating pesticide rules in an incident that sickened 37 farmworkers near the town of Maricopa in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators determined that Vulcan, a pesticide with the chemical \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chlorpyrifos\u003c/a>, had drifted a half-mile from a seedless tangerine field into an area where cabbage-harvesting employees were working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner, Glenn Fankhauser, fined Sun Pacific more than $30,000 for violating five pesticide laws, including a violation for improperly spraying Vulcan.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Produce Company Behind Popular ‘Cuties’ Fined Over Pesticide Drift\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After Pesticide Incidents Sicken Farmworkers, Advocates Push to Make Penalties Stronger\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firms Fined for Pesticide Incident That Sickened 92 in Bakersfield\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sun Pacific and the other firm penalized in the case, Grapeman Farms, which is facing $20,000 in fines, have appealed by requesting administrative hearings, according to Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither company has responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month the county commissioner also imposed nearly $50,000 in fines against five other companies in connection with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a separate chemical drift incident\u003c/a> that sickened 92 garlic harvesters in Bakersfield last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least two of those firms, Harvest King and Pacific Farm Management, both farm labor contractors, are challenging those fines. The fines were levied as penalties for not ensuring workers who were exposed to chemicals got medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one that harvested garlic with us ever reported an injury or got sick or had a symptom,\" said Ahmed Mike Alamari, who runs Pacific Farm Management, one of the largest agricultural labor contractors in California. Pacific Farms employed about two dozen agricultural employees on scene on the day of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another farm labor contractor penalized in the August drift, Agstar, has paid its fine, said Fankhauser in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest penalty in that case was against Tasteful Selections, an Arvin-based firm that grows and processes potatoes. That company is reviewing the case to determine whether it wants to appeal the fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another firm, Agra Fly, which sprays chemicals on farm land, has yet to pay its fine in connection with the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The penalties come as the agricultural industry fights efforts at the state level to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase fine amounts\u003c/a> for serious violations of California's pesticide laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the maximum fine for violating the state's pesticide regulations is $5,000. Earlier this month the State Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials voted 5-0 to increase that limit to $25,000 under a bill authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Show us the money. Where are the violations that would say we need to go from $5,000 to $25,000 per violation?\" asked Cynthia Cory, director of environmental affairs for the California Farm Bureau Federation, during the committee's hearing on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, which sponsored the \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill\u003c/a>, emphasizes that the higher fines would be for only the most egregious cases, like when workers become sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other agricultural industry groups, including the Western Growers Association and the Western Plant Health Association, which represents fertilizer and crop protection manufacturers, also oppose the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed\u003c/a> for the legislation, pointing to concerns from the two Kern County drifts, as well as incidents in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties last year that sickened dozens of other agricultural employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Assembly Appropriations \u003ca href=\"http://apro.assembly.ca.gov/hearings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee\u003c/a> approved the legislation last Thursday. The bill now heads to the full Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Clarification: An earlier version of this story stated that the company, Agra Fly, had paid a fine in connection with a drift incident in Kern County in August. A pest control adviser for the firm, not the company itself, paid a fine. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11641448 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11641448",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 669,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 22
},
"modified": 1516821746,
"excerpt": "Sun Pacific, the company behind the popular Cuties brand of oranges, is among several firms appealing fines tied to pesticide incidents that sickened farmworkers. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Sun Pacific, the company behind the popular Cuties brand of oranges, is among several firms appealing fines tied to pesticide incidents that sickened farmworkers. ",
"title": "Ag Industry Fights Pesticide Penalties and State Efforts to Increase Future Fines | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Ag Industry Fights Pesticide Penalties and State Efforts to Increase Future Fines",
"datePublished": "2018-01-22T14:16:18-08:00",
"dateModified": "2018-01-24T11:22:26-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/01/PesticidesGoldberg.mp3",
"path": "/news/11641448/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines",
"audioDuration": 50000,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Several produce and farm labor contractors are contesting fines they face in connection with two separate pesticide drifts in the Central Valley that sickened close to 130 agricultural workers last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August the Kern County agricultural commissioner issued more than $50,000 in fines against \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two firms\u003c/a>, including Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties oranges, for violating pesticide rules in an incident that sickened 37 farmworkers near the town of Maricopa in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators determined that Vulcan, a pesticide with the chemical \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chlorpyrifos\u003c/a>, had drifted a half-mile from a seedless tangerine field into an area where cabbage-harvesting employees were working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner, Glenn Fankhauser, fined Sun Pacific more than $30,000 for violating five pesticide laws, including a violation for improperly spraying Vulcan.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Produce Company Behind Popular ‘Cuties’ Fined Over Pesticide Drift\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After Pesticide Incidents Sicken Farmworkers, Advocates Push to Make Penalties Stronger\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firms Fined for Pesticide Incident That Sickened 92 in Bakersfield\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sun Pacific and the other firm penalized in the case, Grapeman Farms, which is facing $20,000 in fines, have appealed by requesting administrative hearings, according to Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither company has responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month the county commissioner also imposed nearly $50,000 in fines against five other companies in connection with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a separate chemical drift incident\u003c/a> that sickened 92 garlic harvesters in Bakersfield last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least two of those firms, Harvest King and Pacific Farm Management, both farm labor contractors, are challenging those fines. The fines were levied as penalties for not ensuring workers who were exposed to chemicals got medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one that harvested garlic with us ever reported an injury or got sick or had a symptom,\" said Ahmed Mike Alamari, who runs Pacific Farm Management, one of the largest agricultural labor contractors in California. Pacific Farms employed about two dozen agricultural employees on scene on the day of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another farm labor contractor penalized in the August drift, Agstar, has paid its fine, said Fankhauser in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest penalty in that case was against Tasteful Selections, an Arvin-based firm that grows and processes potatoes. That company is reviewing the case to determine whether it wants to appeal the fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another firm, Agra Fly, which sprays chemicals on farm land, has yet to pay its fine in connection with the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The penalties come as the agricultural industry fights efforts at the state level to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase fine amounts\u003c/a> for serious violations of California's pesticide laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the maximum fine for violating the state's pesticide regulations is $5,000. Earlier this month the State Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials voted 5-0 to increase that limit to $25,000 under a bill authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Show us the money. Where are the violations that would say we need to go from $5,000 to $25,000 per violation?\" asked Cynthia Cory, director of environmental affairs for the California Farm Bureau Federation, during the committee's hearing on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, which sponsored the \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill\u003c/a>, emphasizes that the higher fines would be for only the most egregious cases, like when workers become sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other agricultural industry groups, including the Western Growers Association and the Western Plant Health Association, which represents fertilizer and crop protection manufacturers, also oppose the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed\u003c/a> for the legislation, pointing to concerns from the two Kern County drifts, as well as incidents in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties last year that sickened dozens of other agricultural employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Assembly Appropriations \u003ca href=\"http://apro.assembly.ca.gov/hearings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee\u003c/a> approved the legislation last Thursday. The bill now heads to the full Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Clarification: An earlier version of this story stated that the company, Agra Fly, had paid a fine in connection with a drift incident in Kern County in August. A pest control adviser for the firm, not the company itself, paid a fine. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11641448/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines",
"authors": [
"258"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944",
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_4092",
"news_1117",
"news_18269",
"news_22225",
"news_17286"
],
"featImg": "news_93430",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11638687": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11638687",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11638687",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1514396656000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1514396656,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "After Pesticide Incidents Sicken Farmworkers, Advocates Push to Make Penalties Stronger",
"title": "After Pesticide Incidents Sicken Farmworkers, Advocates Push to Make Penalties Stronger",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Farmworker advocates say they hope four separate pesticide drift incidents this year that appeared to sicken more than 150 workers will prompt state lawmakers to strengthen rules governing use of the agricultural chemicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These drift incidents happen all the time,\" said Valerie Gorospe, a community organizer with the \u003ca href=\"https://crpe-ej.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment\u003c/a>, an environmental justice group based in Oakland and Delano, who has helped farmworkers in the aftermath of several chemical drift events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our current laws and our regulations that we have for the state of California are completely inadequate,\" Gorospe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists like Gorospe want the chairman of the state Assembly committee that oversees toxic chemicals to push forward legislation that would increase fines for violating California's pesticide laws and expand the power of the state's pesticide regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawmaker, Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, has a proposal that would do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Possibility of Higher Fines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, county agricultural commissioners can levy fines of as much as $5,000 against growers, labor contractors and those applying pesticides for violating regulations on pesticide use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk's bill, AB 1419, would give the California Department of Pesticide Regulation authority to issue $25,000 fines for more serious violations. DPR is one of the bill's sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We think the most serious violations warrant a higher penalty amount,\" said Charlotte Fadipe, an agency spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to hold people accountable if they do things that they really know they shouldn't do,\" said Quirk, chair of the Assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. \"There has to be some enforcement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Quirk emphasizes his bill is a \"work in progress\" and that he's still working out the proposal's details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been 15 years since the state raised fine amounts for breaking pesticide laws. Advocates for farmworkers and for efforts to reduce the use of dangerous chemicals in the agricultural industry say it's time to bring more teeth to enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The current fines amount to pocket change for large-scale growers,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director at \u003ca href=\"http://www.panna.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pesticide Action Network North America\u003c/a>. \"Until the penalties are significant enough, they'll fail to deter problems with pesticide drifts in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increasing fines will incentivize growers, farm labor contractors and those who apply pesticides to follow the rules, said Caroline Cox, a senior scientist at the Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health. The current fine amounts are the same as a \"slap on the wrist,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pushback from Farm Bureau\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one agricultural industry group is questioning whether the proposal will be effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have met with DPR and are trying to understand the need for the increased authority and fine threshold,\" said Cynthia Cory, director of environmental affairs for the California Farm Bureau Federation, in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Farm Bureau supports penalties and prompt enforcement for violation of the safe use of chemicals,\" Cory said. \"The best prevention to insure pesticides are handled correctly is continued education, which we fully support and help our farmers and ranchers obtain.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cory noted that agricultural commissioners can push for stronger penalties against pesticide violators by asking local prosecutors to pursue more egregious cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association that represents agricultural commissioners has yet to take a position on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are internally reviewing the bill,\" said Sandy Elles, executive director of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association, in an email, adding that the group's legislative committee is gathering feedback from its members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are carefully assessing the bill's impact to the state-county pesticide enforcement partnership,\" Elles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk emphasized that his office was working with farmworker advocates and industry representatives in talks that could lead to changes to his bill, which is scheduled to be heard in the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee on Jan. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recent Incidents Resulted in Fines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hearing comes several weeks after the Kern County agricultural commissioner imposed nearly $50,000 in fines for a series of violations against five companies in connection with an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation\u003c/a> into a pesticide incident that sickened 92 garlic harvesters on the outskirts of Bakersfield last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That probe found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, had been injected into a nearby field, and then seeped out of the ground and drifted. In the process of investigating that incident, the commissioner learned that at around the same time the workers were getting sick, a helicopter was spraying Vulcan, which contains \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chlorpyrifos\u003c/a>, which is now on the state's list of substances known to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm, on a nearby field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several months ago, Kern County issued a similar fine against two companies for violating pesticide rules in an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident\u003c/a> that sickened 37 workers harvesting cabbage near Maricopa in May. One of the firms that faced penalties was Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties mandarins and clementines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county agricultural commissioner's investigation found that Vulcan and Cosavet DF, which contains sulfur, drifted a half-mile into an area where the farm employees were working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sun Pacific has contested the penalty and a hearing on the case is scheduled for March, according to Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June a chemical release that sickened six raspberry pickers in Watsonville prompted an investigation by the Santa Cruz County agricultural commissioner into several companies, including two firms affiliated with the Dole Food Co. and another tied to Driscoll's, a major berry distributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That came a week after 18 celery workers were sickened in Salinas, possibly by an insecticide, prompting an investigation by the Monterey County agricultural commissioner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz and Monterey county officials say the investigations into those incidents have yet to be completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Sonja Hutson contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The California Farm Bureau Federation issued a revised statement after the publication of this story. It reads: \"We have serious concerns with the bill in its current form and have communicated those concerns to the author's office. We hope to resolve these concerns, but are opposed to the bill in its current form.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11638687 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11638687",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1023,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 36
},
"modified": 1514414028,
"excerpt": "Those who seek to limit the use of toxic chemicals say current fines don't do enough to deter rule-breaking.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Those who seek to limit the use of toxic chemicals say current fines don't do enough to deter rule-breaking.",
"title": "After Pesticide Incidents Sicken Farmworkers, Advocates Push to Make Penalties Stronger | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "After Pesticide Incidents Sicken Farmworkers, Advocates Push to Make Penalties Stronger",
"datePublished": "2017-12-27T09:44:16-08:00",
"dateModified": "2017-12-27T14:33:48-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11638687/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Farmworker advocates say they hope four separate pesticide drift incidents this year that appeared to sicken more than 150 workers will prompt state lawmakers to strengthen rules governing use of the agricultural chemicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These drift incidents happen all the time,\" said Valerie Gorospe, a community organizer with the \u003ca href=\"https://crpe-ej.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment\u003c/a>, an environmental justice group based in Oakland and Delano, who has helped farmworkers in the aftermath of several chemical drift events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our current laws and our regulations that we have for the state of California are completely inadequate,\" Gorospe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists like Gorospe want the chairman of the state Assembly committee that oversees toxic chemicals to push forward legislation that would increase fines for violating California's pesticide laws and expand the power of the state's pesticide regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawmaker, Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, has a proposal that would do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Possibility of Higher Fines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, county agricultural commissioners can levy fines of as much as $5,000 against growers, labor contractors and those applying pesticides for violating regulations on pesticide use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk's bill, AB 1419, would give the California Department of Pesticide Regulation authority to issue $25,000 fines for more serious violations. DPR is one of the bill's sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We think the most serious violations warrant a higher penalty amount,\" said Charlotte Fadipe, an agency spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to hold people accountable if they do things that they really know they shouldn't do,\" said Quirk, chair of the Assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. \"There has to be some enforcement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Quirk emphasizes his bill is a \"work in progress\" and that he's still working out the proposal's details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been 15 years since the state raised fine amounts for breaking pesticide laws. Advocates for farmworkers and for efforts to reduce the use of dangerous chemicals in the agricultural industry say it's time to bring more teeth to enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The current fines amount to pocket change for large-scale growers,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director at \u003ca href=\"http://www.panna.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pesticide Action Network North America\u003c/a>. \"Until the penalties are significant enough, they'll fail to deter problems with pesticide drifts in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increasing fines will incentivize growers, farm labor contractors and those who apply pesticides to follow the rules, said Caroline Cox, a senior scientist at the Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health. The current fine amounts are the same as a \"slap on the wrist,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pushback from Farm Bureau\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one agricultural industry group is questioning whether the proposal will be effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have met with DPR and are trying to understand the need for the increased authority and fine threshold,\" said Cynthia Cory, director of environmental affairs for the California Farm Bureau Federation, in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Farm Bureau supports penalties and prompt enforcement for violation of the safe use of chemicals,\" Cory said. \"The best prevention to insure pesticides are handled correctly is continued education, which we fully support and help our farmers and ranchers obtain.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cory noted that agricultural commissioners can push for stronger penalties against pesticide violators by asking local prosecutors to pursue more egregious cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association that represents agricultural commissioners has yet to take a position on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are internally reviewing the bill,\" said Sandy Elles, executive director of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association, in an email, adding that the group's legislative committee is gathering feedback from its members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are carefully assessing the bill's impact to the state-county pesticide enforcement partnership,\" Elles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk emphasized that his office was working with farmworker advocates and industry representatives in talks that could lead to changes to his bill, which is scheduled to be heard in the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee on Jan. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recent Incidents Resulted in Fines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hearing comes several weeks after the Kern County agricultural commissioner imposed nearly $50,000 in fines for a series of violations against five companies in connection with an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation\u003c/a> into a pesticide incident that sickened 92 garlic harvesters on the outskirts of Bakersfield last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That probe found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, had been injected into a nearby field, and then seeped out of the ground and drifted. In the process of investigating that incident, the commissioner learned that at around the same time the workers were getting sick, a helicopter was spraying Vulcan, which contains \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chlorpyrifos\u003c/a>, which is now on the state's list of substances known to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm, on a nearby field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several months ago, Kern County issued a similar fine against two companies for violating pesticide rules in an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident\u003c/a> that sickened 37 workers harvesting cabbage near Maricopa in May. One of the firms that faced penalties was Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties mandarins and clementines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county agricultural commissioner's investigation found that Vulcan and Cosavet DF, which contains sulfur, drifted a half-mile into an area where the farm employees were working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sun Pacific has contested the penalty and a hearing on the case is scheduled for March, according to Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June a chemical release that sickened six raspberry pickers in Watsonville prompted an investigation by the Santa Cruz County agricultural commissioner into several companies, including two firms affiliated with the Dole Food Co. and another tied to Driscoll's, a major berry distributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That came a week after 18 celery workers were sickened in Salinas, possibly by an insecticide, prompting an investigation by the Monterey County agricultural commissioner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz and Monterey county officials say the investigations into those incidents have yet to be completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Sonja Hutson contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The California Farm Bureau Federation issued a revised statement after the publication of this story. It reads: \"We have serious concerns with the bill in its current form and have communicated those concerns to the author's office. We hope to resolve these concerns, but are opposed to the bill in its current form.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11638687/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger",
"authors": [
"258"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_18269",
"news_19542",
"news_22225",
"news_17286",
"news_17041"
],
"featImg": "news_93430",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11637296": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11637296",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11637296",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1513625098000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1513625098,
"format": "image",
"disqusTitle": "Firms Fined for Pesticide Incident That Sickened 92 in Bakersfield",
"title": "Firms Fined for Pesticide Incident That Sickened 92 in Bakersfield",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>The Kern County agricultural commissioner has imposed nearly $50,000 in fines against five companies after investigating a pesticide incident that sickened 92 farmworkers harvesting garlic on the outskirts of Bakersfield last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fines involve two separate pesticide applications: one that sickened a harvest crew and a second nearby that, although it apparently didn't affect the workers, violated state pesticide regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters were summoned on Aug. 2 after garlic harvesters fell ill while working in a field near Taft Highway and Gosford Road, between Highway 99 and Interstate 5 on the city's southwestern edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers complained that their eyes were burning and itching. Some were coughing, and others said they felt nauseous and had headaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I felt suffocated, dizzy, my eyes were irritated and watery,\" an unidentified worker told Kern County investigators. \"I felt like there was chili powder in the air.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I started to smell a chemical odor and I started to get a headache, burning eyes and started to become nauseous,\" another worker said in the investigation report. \"I could see the entire crew that was in the garlic field was also getting sick.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't see and couldn't breathe well. ... It felt like I had been pepper sprayed in the eyes,\" a third employee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen of the harvest workers had to be decontaminated and several sought medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"25b20dsf2XE8X62vjypuFBCy1OKSiVpE\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county's investigation found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, that had been injected hours earlier into an adjacent field seeped out of the ground and drifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest penalty, $42,000, is against \u003ca href=\"http://www.tastefulselections.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasteful Selections\u003c/a>, an Arvin-based firm that grows and processes specialty potatoes. The agricultural commissioner fined the company for failing to tell the 167 workers in the area that a pesticide had been injected in soil nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a poor choice and probably shouldn't have been done,\" Glenn Fankhauser, the county agricultural commissioner, said in an interview. \"This was really a bad decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Bender, the president and general manager of Tasteful Selections, declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner's office is citing the three farm labor contractors that employed the workers -- Ag Star Harvesting, Harvest Kings and Pacific Farm Management -- for failing to ensure the exposed harvesters got medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They each had workers that complained of symptoms and they were not immediately taken to the doctor,\" Fankhauser said. \"Instead, they just moved them to a different area of the field.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the labor contractors, each facing $1,000 fines, could be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the process of investigating the Tasteful Selections case, the commissioner learned that around the same time the workers were getting sick, a helicopter was spraying \u003ca href=\"http://www.croplife.com/crop-inputs/insecticides/mana-introduces-vulcan-insecticide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulcan\u003c/a>, a pesticide that contains chlorpyrifos, on a nearby alfalfa field. The chemical drifted to yet another site nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several weeks ago \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California regulators\u003c/a> added chlorpyrifos to the state's list of substances known to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters who responded to the incident that morning told the pilot who was spraying the chemical to land, according to Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing done on the clothing of the sickened farmworkers did not detect chlorpyrifos. But the county levied a $3,850 fine against the firm doing the spraying, Agra Fly, for violating several pesticide regulations. Those include spraying the chemical from the air within a quarter-mile of residences, for allowing the pesticide to drift to an adjacent field and for not filing a notice of intent with the county to use the chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Wprc6mHeUg0BklnZvqHyQciL0cd12z6u\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner also cited the pest control adviser who wrote the recommendation to conduct the aerial spraying. That man, Edgar Bolt, is facing a $250 fine, and could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five companies and the pesticide adviser can request hearings to contest the penalties. They can appeal a ruling on that case to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fines come several months after the Kern County ag commissioner issued more than $50,000 in fines against \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two companies\u003c/a>, including Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties oranges, for violating pesticide rules in an incident that sickened 37 farmworkers near the town of Maricopa in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's rare that we have fines of this caliber,\" Fankhauser said. \"This year we've had two, which are much higher than we normally do. That's because of the egregiousness and the multiple people that are involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June the Santa Cruz County agricultural commissioner launched an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/01/driscolls-tied-to-central-coast-chemical-incident-that-sickened-farmworkers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation\u003c/a> into several firms, including two affiliated with the Dole Food Co. and one tied to Driscoll's, in connection with a chemical release that sickened raspberry workers in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same month a group of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/30/chemicals-sicken-two-dozen-central-coast-farm-workers-in-one-week/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celery workers\u003c/a> in Salinas was rushed to the hospital after becoming sick, possibly because of an insecticide, prompting an investigation by the agricultural commissioner in Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11637296 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11637296",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 823,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 29
},
"modified": 1513641763,
"excerpt": "Kern County investigation found farmworkers fell ill because of pesticide applied to adjacent field. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Kern County investigation found farmworkers fell ill because of pesticide applied to adjacent field. ",
"title": "Firms Fined for Pesticide Incident That Sickened 92 in Bakersfield | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Firms Fined for Pesticide Incident That Sickened 92 in Bakersfield",
"datePublished": "2017-12-18T11:24:58-08:00",
"dateModified": "2017-12-18T16:02:43-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11637296/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Kern County agricultural commissioner has imposed nearly $50,000 in fines against five companies after investigating a pesticide incident that sickened 92 farmworkers harvesting garlic on the outskirts of Bakersfield last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fines involve two separate pesticide applications: one that sickened a harvest crew and a second nearby that, although it apparently didn't affect the workers, violated state pesticide regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters were summoned on Aug. 2 after garlic harvesters fell ill while working in a field near Taft Highway and Gosford Road, between Highway 99 and Interstate 5 on the city's southwestern edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers complained that their eyes were burning and itching. Some were coughing, and others said they felt nauseous and had headaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I felt suffocated, dizzy, my eyes were irritated and watery,\" an unidentified worker told Kern County investigators. \"I felt like there was chili powder in the air.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I started to smell a chemical odor and I started to get a headache, burning eyes and started to become nauseous,\" another worker said in the investigation report. \"I could see the entire crew that was in the garlic field was also getting sick.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't see and couldn't breathe well. ... It felt like I had been pepper sprayed in the eyes,\" a third employee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen of the harvest workers had to be decontaminated and several sought medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county's investigation found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, that had been injected hours earlier into an adjacent field seeped out of the ground and drifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest penalty, $42,000, is against \u003ca href=\"http://www.tastefulselections.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasteful Selections\u003c/a>, an Arvin-based firm that grows and processes specialty potatoes. The agricultural commissioner fined the company for failing to tell the 167 workers in the area that a pesticide had been injected in soil nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a poor choice and probably shouldn't have been done,\" Glenn Fankhauser, the county agricultural commissioner, said in an interview. \"This was really a bad decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Bender, the president and general manager of Tasteful Selections, declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner's office is citing the three farm labor contractors that employed the workers -- Ag Star Harvesting, Harvest Kings and Pacific Farm Management -- for failing to ensure the exposed harvesters got medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They each had workers that complained of symptoms and they were not immediately taken to the doctor,\" Fankhauser said. \"Instead, they just moved them to a different area of the field.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the labor contractors, each facing $1,000 fines, could be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the process of investigating the Tasteful Selections case, the commissioner learned that around the same time the workers were getting sick, a helicopter was spraying \u003ca href=\"http://www.croplife.com/crop-inputs/insecticides/mana-introduces-vulcan-insecticide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulcan\u003c/a>, a pesticide that contains chlorpyrifos, on a nearby alfalfa field. The chemical drifted to yet another site nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several weeks ago \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California regulators\u003c/a> added chlorpyrifos to the state's list of substances known to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters who responded to the incident that morning told the pilot who was spraying the chemical to land, according to Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing done on the clothing of the sickened farmworkers did not detect chlorpyrifos. But the county levied a $3,850 fine against the firm doing the spraying, Agra Fly, for violating several pesticide regulations. Those include spraying the chemical from the air within a quarter-mile of residences, for allowing the pesticide to drift to an adjacent field and for not filing a notice of intent with the county to use the chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner also cited the pest control adviser who wrote the recommendation to conduct the aerial spraying. That man, Edgar Bolt, is facing a $250 fine, and could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five companies and the pesticide adviser can request hearings to contest the penalties. They can appeal a ruling on that case to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fines come several months after the Kern County ag commissioner issued more than $50,000 in fines against \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two companies\u003c/a>, including Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties oranges, for violating pesticide rules in an incident that sickened 37 farmworkers near the town of Maricopa in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's rare that we have fines of this caliber,\" Fankhauser said. \"This year we've had two, which are much higher than we normally do. That's because of the egregiousness and the multiple people that are involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June the Santa Cruz County agricultural commissioner launched an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/01/driscolls-tied-to-central-coast-chemical-incident-that-sickened-farmworkers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation\u003c/a> into several firms, including two affiliated with the Dole Food Co. and one tied to Driscoll's, in connection with a chemical release that sickened raspberry workers in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same month a group of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/30/chemicals-sicken-two-dozen-central-coast-farm-workers-in-one-week/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celery workers\u003c/a> in Salinas was rushed to the hospital after becoming sick, possibly because of an insecticide, prompting an investigation by the agricultural commissioner in Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11637296/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield",
"authors": [
"258"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944",
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_18269",
"news_20320",
"news_22225",
"news_17286"
],
"featImg": "news_11637884",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11637094": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11637094",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11637094",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1513297598000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1513297598,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Central Coast Farmworkers Worked Through Thomas Fire Without Health Protections",
"title": "Central Coast Farmworkers Worked Through Thomas Fire Without Health Protections",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the Thomas Fire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. But workers in the area’s agricultural fields stayed on the job, breathing in smoke and ash as they picked strawberry and celery crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocacy groups say they noticed, the day after the fire started, thousands of workers in the fields without protective equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"lNuewrhUUbCUG9mz6K0YbeSKeomqpO4o\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They were telling us to hurry up, to keep working harder because it was a bad environment and we had to pick the produce. The tractor was moving faster than we were moving, and they were just telling us to hurry up and the supervisor was telling us to push more,\" said one farmworker, who requested anonymity for fear of losing his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was told to work more quickly so he wouldn’t work as long in the falling ash and thick smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) sprang into action, buying masks and attempting to distribute them. Lucas Zucker of CAUSE said that while the workers eagerly accepted the masks, their supervisors behaved differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637113\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 658px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11637113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0.png 658w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-160x214.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-240x321.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-375x502.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-520x695.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the advocacy group CAUSE hand out masks to farmworkers in Ventura before, they say, being kicked off the farm by supervisors. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of CAUSE)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"On some farms, owners and supervisors [were] kind of kicking people off. We've had some pretty, you know, pretty hostile confrontations,\" Zucker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm going to give them credit for trying to take action to help out. You know, it's a fairly vulnerable population out there, very important to our industry, but they're trying to go directly into fields and hand out masks,\" said John Krist, CEO of the Ventura County Farm Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think in the future we need to make sure we have a better working relationship with those organizations, because what they're doing actually is trespassing,\" Krist said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA monitors workplace safety, and agency spokeswoman Erika Monterroza says while it’s up to farm owners to take the steps necessary to protect their workers, Cal/OSHA is focused on ensuring they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We take reports of work site hazards very, very seriously. And we also take workers rights very seriously,\" Monterroza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community groups like CAUSE say even days after the fire started, the majority of growers still weren’t handing out masks.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11637094 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11637094",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/14/central-coast-farmworkers-worked-through-thomas-fire-without-health-protections/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 404,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 14
},
"modified": 1513301943,
"excerpt": "Farmworker advocacy groups noticed thousands of workers in the fields without protective equipment the day after the fire started.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Farmworker advocacy groups noticed thousands of workers in the fields without protective equipment the day after the fire started.",
"title": "Central Coast Farmworkers Worked Through Thomas Fire Without Health Protections | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Central Coast Farmworkers Worked Through Thomas Fire Without Health Protections",
"datePublished": "2017-12-14T16:26:38-08:00",
"dateModified": "2017-12-14T17:39:03-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "central-coast-farmworkers-worked-through-thomas-fire-without-health-protections",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "http://kcbx.org/",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/12/MartThomasFire1.mp3",
"nprByline": "\u003cstrong>Greta Mart\u003cbr />KCBX\u003c/strong>",
"source": "KCBX",
"path": "/news/11637094/central-coast-farmworkers-worked-through-thomas-fire-without-health-protections",
"audioDuration": 124000,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the Thomas Fire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. But workers in the area’s agricultural fields stayed on the job, breathing in smoke and ash as they picked strawberry and celery crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocacy groups say they noticed, the day after the fire started, thousands of workers in the fields without protective equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They were telling us to hurry up, to keep working harder because it was a bad environment and we had to pick the produce. The tractor was moving faster than we were moving, and they were just telling us to hurry up and the supervisor was telling us to push more,\" said one farmworker, who requested anonymity for fear of losing his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was told to work more quickly so he wouldn’t work as long in the falling ash and thick smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) sprang into action, buying masks and attempting to distribute them. Lucas Zucker of CAUSE said that while the workers eagerly accepted the masks, their supervisors behaved differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637113\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 658px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11637113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0.png 658w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-160x214.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-240x321.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-375x502.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_2.20.58_pm_0-520x695.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the advocacy group CAUSE hand out masks to farmworkers in Ventura before, they say, being kicked off the farm by supervisors. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of CAUSE)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"On some farms, owners and supervisors [were] kind of kicking people off. We've had some pretty, you know, pretty hostile confrontations,\" Zucker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm going to give them credit for trying to take action to help out. You know, it's a fairly vulnerable population out there, very important to our industry, but they're trying to go directly into fields and hand out masks,\" said John Krist, CEO of the Ventura County Farm Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think in the future we need to make sure we have a better working relationship with those organizations, because what they're doing actually is trespassing,\" Krist said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA monitors workplace safety, and agency spokeswoman Erika Monterroza says while it’s up to farm owners to take the steps necessary to protect their workers, Cal/OSHA is focused on ensuring they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We take reports of work site hazards very, very seriously. And we also take workers rights very seriously,\" Monterroza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community groups like CAUSE say even days after the fire started, the majority of growers still weren’t handing out masks.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11637094/central-coast-farmworkers-worked-through-thomas-fire-without-health-protections",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11637094"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944",
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_18269",
"news_19904",
"news_17286",
"news_22132",
"news_4463"
],
"featImg": "news_11637173",
"label": "source_news_11637094"
},
"news_11633326": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11633326",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11633326",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1511814547000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1511814547,
"format": "image",
"disqusTitle": "California Farmworker Unions Win Battle to Ensure Contracts",
"title": "California Farmworker Unions Win Battle to Ensure Contracts",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>The California Supreme Court handed a victory to organized farm labor Monday in a lawsuit that pitted the union launched by iconic labor leader Cesar Chavez against one of the largest U.S. fruit farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a unanimous ruling in San Francisco, the court upheld a law that aims to get labor contracts for farmworkers whose unions and employers do not agree on wages and other working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision maintains the power of farmworker unions by ensuring contracts that guarantee wages, hours, vacation time and other terms that could otherwise be decided by employers. The California justices said the 2002 law did not violate the state Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor activists said the law is key to helping farmworkers improve working conditions by preventing employers from stalling contract talks with unions to avoid a deal. If there is an impasse, the mediator can impose a labor contract on the employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents called the law government overreach that deprived agricultural employers and workers of any say over the terms of employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"uDjSGnwiUQUxC5WmsyUOb2r7BqU2Peku\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law allows the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board to order mediation to achieve a contract and gives mediators the authority to set the terms of the agreement if there is a stalemate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions can seek mediation 90 days after demanding to bargain on behalf of workers — even if the vote to unionize occurred decades earlier in some cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The argument when it was enacted was that workers would get all fired up about having a union to represent them, and they would vote for the union, but then the employer would delay, and the workers would lose their enthusiasm,\" said Philip Martin, a farm labor expert at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court documents, the United Farm Workers of America, co-founded by Chavez, said a previous law had failed to achieve California's goal of providing millions of farmworkers the right to collective bargaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the law was enacted in 2002, fewer than half of farm employers whose workers voted to join a union since 1975 had agreed to a labor contract, according to the UFW.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"eNLnCPHYEoEZSuXUOCgs4GXVq4fDzc7h\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union won the right to represent workers of Gerawan Farming in 1990, but the sides did not agree to a contract. At UFW's request, the California agricultural relations board in 2013 ordered Gerawan and the union to enter mediation, and the mediator eventually crafted a contract that was approved by the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An appeals court ruled two years ago that the law was unconstitutional because it failed to provide mediators with any policy goals or standards and would result in a different set of rules for different employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is literally government stepping in and determining the wages and working conditions of a business and enforcing it on the employer and employees without any say whatsoever,\" Dan Gerawan, who runs Gerawan Farming in California's Central Valley, one of the nation's most productive farming regions, said before the high court overturned the lower court decision.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11633326 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11633326",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/california-farmworker-unions-win-battle-to-ensure-contracts/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 502,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 17
},
"modified": 1511822880,
"excerpt": "The state Supreme Court handed a victory to organized farm labor Monday in a lawsuit that pitted the union launched by Cesar Chavez against one of the largest U.S. fruit farms.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The state Supreme Court handed a victory to organized farm labor Monday in a lawsuit that pitted the union launched by Cesar Chavez against one of the largest U.S. fruit farms.",
"title": "California Farmworker Unions Win Battle to Ensure Contracts | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "California Farmworker Unions Win Battle to Ensure Contracts",
"datePublished": "2017-11-27T12:29:07-08:00",
"dateModified": "2017-11-27T14:48:00-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "california-farmworker-unions-win-battle-to-ensure-contracts",
"status": "publish",
"nprByline": "Sudhin Thanawala \u003cbr> Associated Press",
"path": "/news/11633326/california-farmworker-unions-win-battle-to-ensure-contracts",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The California Supreme Court handed a victory to organized farm labor Monday in a lawsuit that pitted the union launched by iconic labor leader Cesar Chavez against one of the largest U.S. fruit farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a unanimous ruling in San Francisco, the court upheld a law that aims to get labor contracts for farmworkers whose unions and employers do not agree on wages and other working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision maintains the power of farmworker unions by ensuring contracts that guarantee wages, hours, vacation time and other terms that could otherwise be decided by employers. The California justices said the 2002 law did not violate the state Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor activists said the law is key to helping farmworkers improve working conditions by preventing employers from stalling contract talks with unions to avoid a deal. If there is an impasse, the mediator can impose a labor contract on the employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents called the law government overreach that deprived agricultural employers and workers of any say over the terms of employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law allows the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board to order mediation to achieve a contract and gives mediators the authority to set the terms of the agreement if there is a stalemate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions can seek mediation 90 days after demanding to bargain on behalf of workers — even if the vote to unionize occurred decades earlier in some cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The argument when it was enacted was that workers would get all fired up about having a union to represent them, and they would vote for the union, but then the employer would delay, and the workers would lose their enthusiasm,\" said Philip Martin, a farm labor expert at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court documents, the United Farm Workers of America, co-founded by Chavez, said a previous law had failed to achieve California's goal of providing millions of farmworkers the right to collective bargaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the law was enacted in 2002, fewer than half of farm employers whose workers voted to join a union since 1975 had agreed to a labor contract, according to the UFW.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union won the right to represent workers of Gerawan Farming in 1990, but the sides did not agree to a contract. At UFW's request, the California agricultural relations board in 2013 ordered Gerawan and the union to enter mediation, and the mediator eventually crafted a contract that was approved by the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An appeals court ruled two years ago that the law was unconstitutional because it failed to provide mediators with any policy goals or standards and would result in a different set of rules for different employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is literally government stepping in and determining the wages and working conditions of a business and enforcing it on the employer and employees without any say whatsoever,\" Dan Gerawan, who runs Gerawan Farming in California's Central Valley, one of the nation's most productive farming regions, said before the high court overturned the lower court decision.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11633326/california-farmworker-unions-win-battle-to-ensure-contracts",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11633326"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944",
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_18269",
"news_333",
"news_19904",
"news_17286",
"news_794"
],
"featImg": "news_11633343",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11632578": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11632578",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11632578",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1511296489000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1511296489,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Indigenous Immigrants in California Mourn the Loss of a Leader",
"title": "Indigenous Immigrants in California Mourn the Loss of a Leader",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Indigenous communities in Oaxaca and California are grieving; they’ve lost a leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vidaenelvalle.com/news/state/california/fresno/article185341648.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rufino Dominguez-Santos\u003c/a> was born in a small village in Oaxaca in the 1960s. He began organizing in his community at a young age. He later immigrated to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/11/RufinoDominguezSantosRancano.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo.jpg\" Title=\"Indigenous Immigrants in California Mourn the Loss of a Leader\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow community activist \u003ca href=\"http://centrobinacional.org/quienes-somos/contacto/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leoncio Vasquez Santos\u003c/a> says when Dominguez-Santos first got here he was like other farm workers, except \"he saw the injustices against the immigrant communities, especially the indigenous people, and he didn’t just watch as other people will do and be quiet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominguez-Santos began working with \u003ca href=\"http://www.crla.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Rural Legal Assistance\u003c/a>. He taught indigenous workers the importance of not being afraid to organize,\u003cb> \u003c/b>Vasquez Santos says, and \"of not being ashamed of speaking our language, and learning about labor rights, our rights as immigrants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was diagnosed with brain cancer last year and died at home on Nov. 11. He was 53 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Wherever Rufino is right now,\" Vasquez Santos says, \"[he can] rest assured that we will continue his work, that we will continue his legacy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominguez-Santos will be buried in Oaxaca.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11632578 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11632578",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/21/indigenous-immigrants-in-california-mourn-the-loss-of-a-leader/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": true,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 232,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 9
},
"modified": 1511316664,
"excerpt": "Rufino Dominguez-Santos fought for the rights of indigenous people on both sides of the border.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Rufino Dominguez-Santos fought for the rights of indigenous people on both sides of the border.",
"title": "Indigenous Immigrants in California Mourn the Loss of a Leader | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Indigenous Immigrants in California Mourn the Loss of a Leader",
"datePublished": "2017-11-21T12:34:49-08:00",
"dateModified": "2017-11-21T18:11:04-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "indigenous-immigrants-in-california-mourn-the-loss-of-a-leader",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11632578/indigenous-immigrants-in-california-mourn-the-loss-of-a-leader",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Indigenous communities in Oaxaca and California are grieving; they’ve lost a leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vidaenelvalle.com/news/state/california/fresno/article185341648.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rufino Dominguez-Santos\u003c/a> was born in a small village in Oaxaca in the 1960s. He began organizing in his community at a young age. He later immigrated to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "audio",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"src": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/11/RufinoDominguezSantosRancano.mp3",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/Rufino-photo.jpg",
"title": "Indigenous Immigrants in California Mourn the Loss of a Leader",
"program": "The California Report",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow community activist \u003ca href=\"http://centrobinacional.org/quienes-somos/contacto/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leoncio Vasquez Santos\u003c/a> says when Dominguez-Santos first got here he was like other farm workers, except \"he saw the injustices against the immigrant communities, especially the indigenous people, and he didn’t just watch as other people will do and be quiet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominguez-Santos began working with \u003ca href=\"http://www.crla.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Rural Legal Assistance\u003c/a>. He taught indigenous workers the importance of not being afraid to organize,\u003cb> \u003c/b>Vasquez Santos says, and \"of not being ashamed of speaking our language, and learning about labor rights, our rights as immigrants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was diagnosed with brain cancer last year and died at home on Nov. 11. He was 53 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Wherever Rufino is right now,\" Vasquez Santos says, \"[he can] rest assured that we will continue his work, that we will continue his legacy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominguez-Santos will be buried in Oaxaca.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11632578/indigenous-immigrants-in-california-mourn-the-loss-of-a-leader",
"authors": [
"11276"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_18269",
"news_17286"
],
"featImg": "news_11632581",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11628872": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11628872",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11628872",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1510179605000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "ag-secretary-shows-a-softer-side-on-immigration-in-talks-with-california-farmers",
"title": "Ag Secretary Shows a Softer Side on Immigration in Talks With California Farmers",
"publishDate": 1510179605,
"format": "audio",
"headTitle": "Ag Secretary Shows a Softer Side on Immigration in Talks With California Farmers | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 72,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>When Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was governor of Georgia, he \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/us/18georgia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enacted one of the harshest immigration laws in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crackdown on undocumented immigrants worked so well to drive them from the state that Georgia farmers had nobody to pick their crops come harvest. Fruits and vegetables \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/georgias-harsh-immigration-law-costs-millions-in-unharvested-crops/240774/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rotted in fields and farmers lost millions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on his first visit to California since joining the Trump administration, Perdue indicated a different approach to immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In meetings with Central Valley congressmen and farmers, Perdue heard about growing difficulties finding enough workers to harvest crops. He said part of the answer is a new guestworker program, but that’s not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”IIdmkvLVjnK6wMuDr1XsCuQeKS4EACHW”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perdue pointed to Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-Va.) \u003ca href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ag-Act-Bill-text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agricultural Guestworker Act\u003c/a>, saying, “It really doesn’t address the real needs of California farmers because many of these undocumented workers have been here for years and they’ve become part of the operation, sometimes farm managers, and they don’t really have a home to go back to right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Perdue’s leadership, the U.S. Department of Agriculture \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2017/06/15/secretary-perdue-hosts-inaugural-rural-prosperity-task-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is taking part in a task force working on rural issues\u003c/a>, including immigration policies that affect agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to address this transition area at some point,” he said. “Not that they want citizenship necessarily; they want legal status.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perdue also had some words of comfort for farmers worried about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-11/u-s-partners-ponder-life-after-nafta-as-talks-hail-chapter-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump’s threats to pull the U.S. out of NAFTA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there may be some bumpy anxious moments in between, but I believe the president is absolutely committed to getting the best NAFTA deal for the United States as well as our other trade partners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perdue held a town hall in Modesto on Sunday and met with Democratic Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Jim Costa. On Monday, he sat down with Republican Rep. David Valadao and a small group of farmers in the town of Arvin, south of Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "'[Undocumented farmworkers] have become part of the operation, sometimes farm managers, and they don’t really have a home to go back to right now,' says Sonny Perdue.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721152529,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 13,
"wordCount": 346
},
"headData": {
"title": "Ag Secretary Shows a Softer Side on Immigration in Talks With California Farmers | KQED",
"description": "' have become part of the operation, sometimes farm managers, and they don’t really have a home to go back to right now,' says Sonny Perdue.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Ag Secretary Shows a Softer Side on Immigration in Talks With California Farmers",
"datePublished": "2017-11-08T14:20:05-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-16T10:55:29-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/11/PerdueinCARancano.mp3",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/11628872/ag-secretary-shows-a-softer-side-on-immigration-in-talks-with-california-farmers",
"audioDuration": 100000,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was governor of Georgia, he \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/us/18georgia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enacted one of the harshest immigration laws in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crackdown on undocumented immigrants worked so well to drive them from the state that Georgia farmers had nobody to pick their crops come harvest. Fruits and vegetables \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/georgias-harsh-immigration-law-costs-millions-in-unharvested-crops/240774/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rotted in fields and farmers lost millions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on his first visit to California since joining the Trump administration, Perdue indicated a different approach to immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In meetings with Central Valley congressmen and farmers, Perdue heard about growing difficulties finding enough workers to harvest crops. He said part of the answer is a new guestworker program, but that’s not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perdue pointed to Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-Va.) \u003ca href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ag-Act-Bill-text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agricultural Guestworker Act\u003c/a>, saying, “It really doesn’t address the real needs of California farmers because many of these undocumented workers have been here for years and they’ve become part of the operation, sometimes farm managers, and they don’t really have a home to go back to right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Perdue’s leadership, the U.S. Department of Agriculture \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2017/06/15/secretary-perdue-hosts-inaugural-rural-prosperity-task-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is taking part in a task force working on rural issues\u003c/a>, including immigration policies that affect agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to address this transition area at some point,” he said. “Not that they want citizenship necessarily; they want legal status.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perdue also had some words of comfort for farmers worried about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-11/u-s-partners-ponder-life-after-nafta-as-talks-hail-chapter-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump’s threats to pull the U.S. out of NAFTA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there may be some bumpy anxious moments in between, but I believe the president is absolutely committed to getting the best NAFTA deal for the United States as well as our other trade partners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perdue held a town hall in Modesto on Sunday and met with Democratic Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Jim Costa. On Monday, he sat down with Republican Rep. David Valadao and a small group of farmers in the town of Arvin, south of Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11628872/ag-secretary-shows-a-softer-side-on-immigration-in-talks-with-california-farmers",
"authors": [
"11276"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_4092",
"news_311",
"news_18269",
"news_17286",
"news_244"
],
"featImg": "news_11629217",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11607966": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11607966",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11607966",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1501712176000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "chemical-drifts-sicken-farmworkers",
"title": "Chemical Drifts Sicken Farmworkers",
"publishDate": 1501712176,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Chemical Drifts Sicken Farmworkers | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 18515,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>Companies tied to Dole Food Co. and Driscoll’s are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/01/driscolls-tied-to-central-coast-chemical-incident-that-sickened-farmworkers/\">under investigation\u003c/a> for a chemical incident that sickened farmworkers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two chemical-drift cases in June sent 24 people to the hospital. Insecticides, fungicides and other chemicals are believed to have sickened workers picking raspberries and celery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Companies tied to Dole Food Co. and Driscoll's are under investigation for a chemical incident that sickened farmworkers. Two chemical-drift cases in June sent 24 people to the hospital. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721111327,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 4,
"wordCount": 51
},
"headData": {
"title": "Chemical Drifts Sicken Farmworkers | KQED",
"description": "Companies tied to Dole Food Co. and Driscoll's are under investigation for a chemical incident that sickened farmworkers. Two chemical-drift cases in June sent 24 people to the hospital. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Chemical Drifts Sicken Farmworkers",
"datePublished": "2017-08-02T15:16:16-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-15T23:28:47-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/11607966/chemical-drifts-sicken-farmworkers",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Companies tied to Dole Food Co. and Driscoll’s are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/01/driscolls-tied-to-central-coast-chemical-incident-that-sickened-farmworkers/\">under investigation\u003c/a> for a chemical incident that sickened farmworkers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two chemical-drift cases in June sent 24 people to the hospital. Insecticides, fungicides and other chemicals are believed to have sickened workers picking raspberries and celery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11607966/chemical-drifts-sicken-farmworkers",
"authors": [
"3236"
],
"series": [
"news_18515"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_21375",
"news_20023",
"news_18269",
"news_20949"
],
"featImg": "news_11607969",
"label": "news_18515"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/news?tag=farmworkers": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 120,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 155,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_11662914",
"news_11659380",
"news_11654965",
"news_11647839",
"news_11641448",
"news_11638687",
"news_11637296",
"news_11637094",
"news_11633326",
"news_11632578",
"news_11628872",
"news_11607966"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news_tag_farmworkers": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_18269": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18269",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18269",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "farmworkers",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "farmworkers Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18303,
"slug": "farmworkers",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/farmworkers"
},
"source_news_11662914": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11662914",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "CALmatters",
"link": "https://calmatters.org/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11647839": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11647839",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "CALmatters",
"link": "https://calmatters.org/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11637094": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11637094",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "KCBX",
"link": "http://kcbx.org/",
"isLoading": false
},
"news_72": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_72",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "72",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/TCR-2-Logo-Web-Banners-03.png",
"name": "The California Report",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "The California Report Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6969,
"slug": "the-california-report",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/the-california-report"
},
"news_1758": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1758",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1758",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Economy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Full coverage of the economy",
"title": "Economy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2648,
"slug": "economy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/economy"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_13": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_13",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "13",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 13,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/politics"
},
"news_4092": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4092",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4092",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "agriculture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "agriculture Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4111,
"slug": "agriculture-2",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/agriculture-2"
},
"news_17627": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17627",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17627",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Antonio Villaraigosa",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Antonio Villaraigosa Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17661,
"slug": "antonio-villaraigosa",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/antonio-villaraigosa"
},
"news_311": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_311",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "311",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Central Valley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Central Valley Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 319,
"slug": "central-valley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/central-valley"
},
"news_20191": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20191",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20191",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "election 2018",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "election 2018 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20208,
"slug": "election-2018",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/election-2018"
},
"news_16": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_16",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "16",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Gavin Newsom",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Gavin Newsom Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 16,
"slug": "gavin-newsom",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/gavin-newsom"
},
"news_23202": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23202",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23202",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Governor 2018",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Governor 2018 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23219,
"slug": "governor-2018",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/governor-2018"
},
"news_312": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_312",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "312",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Joaquin Valley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Joaquin Valley Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 320,
"slug": "san-joaquin-valley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-joaquin-valley"
},
"news_18481": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18481",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18481",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "CALmatters",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "CALmatters Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18515,
"slug": "calmatters",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/affiliate/calmatters"
},
"news_1169": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1169",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1169",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Immigration",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Immigration Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1180,
"slug": "immigration",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/immigration"
},
"news_6188": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/law-and-justice"
},
"news_5968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Delano",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Delano Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5992,
"slug": "delano",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/delano"
},
"news_21027": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21027",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21027",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "ICE",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "ICE Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21044,
"slug": "ice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/ice"
},
"news_17041": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17041",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17041",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "the-california-report-featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "the-california-report-featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17067,
"slug": "the-california-report-featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/the-california-report-featured"
},
"news_20529": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20529",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20529",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20546,
"slug": "u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement"
},
"news_244": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_244",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "244",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "undocumented immigrants",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "undocumented immigrants Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 252,
"slug": "undocumented-immigrants",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/undocumented-immigrants"
},
"news_6944": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6944",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6944",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/News-Fix-Logo-Web-Banners-04.png",
"name": "News Fix",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "The News Fix is a daily news podcast from KQED that breaks down the latest headlines and provides in-depth analysis of the stories that matter to the Bay Area.",
"title": "News Fix - Daily Dose of Bay Area News | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6968,
"slug": "news-fix",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/news-fix"
},
"news_20445": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20445",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20445",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sanctuary Cities",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sanctuary Cities Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20462,
"slug": "sanctuary-cities",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sanctuary-cities"
},
"news_17286": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17286",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17286",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tcr",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcr Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17318,
"slug": "tcr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcr"
},
"news_17611": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17611",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17611",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "business",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "business Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17645,
"slug": "business",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/business"
},
"news_19906": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19906",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19906",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19923,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/environment"
},
"news_457": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_457",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "457",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 16998,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/health"
},
"news_1117": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1117",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1117",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Department of Pesticide Regulations",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Department of Pesticide Regulations Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1128,
"slug": "department-of-pesticide-regulations",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/department-of-pesticide-regulations"
},
"news_22225": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22225",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22225",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "pesticides",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "pesticides Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22242,
"slug": "pesticides",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/pesticides"
},
"news_356": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_356",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "356",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Science",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Science Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 364,
"slug": "science",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/science"
},
"news_19542": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19542",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19542",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19559,
"slug": "featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/featured"
},
"news_20320": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20320",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20320",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kern county",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kern county Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20337,
"slug": "kern-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kern-county"
},
"news_19904": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19904",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19904",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Labor",
"slug": "labor",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Labor | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 19921,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/labor"
},
"news_22132": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22132",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22132",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Thomas Fire",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Thomas Fire Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22149,
"slug": "thomas-fire",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/thomas-fire"
},
"news_4463": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4463",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4463",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "wildfires",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "wildfires Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4482,
"slug": "wildfires",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/wildfires"
},
"news_333": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_333",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "333",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Food",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Food Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 341,
"slug": "food",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/food"
},
"news_794": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_794",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "794",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Unions",
"slug": "unions",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Unions | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 804,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/unions"
},
"news_18515": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18515",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18515",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/DrawnBayHeader.jpg",
"name": "Mark Fiore: Drawn to the Bay",
"description": "\"Mark Fiore: Drawn to the Bay\" is a look at the Bay Area through the eyes of a longtime local cartoonist. Sometimes current, sometimes quirky, always interesting and engaging, you can find Drawn to the Bay here and on KQED’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds Monday through Friday. Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning political animator and cartoonist who hatched in California before the Intertubes were even invented.\r\n",
"taxonomy": "series",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "\"Mark Fiore: Drawn to the Bay\" is a look at the Bay Area through the eyes of a longtime local cartoonist. Sometimes current, sometimes quirky, always interesting and engaging, you can find Drawn to the Bay here and on KQED’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds Monday through Friday. Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning political animator and cartoonist who hatched in California before the Intertubes were even invented.",
"title": "Mark Fiore: Drawn to the Bay Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18549,
"slug": "mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/series/mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay"
},
"news_21375": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21375",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21375",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Driscoll's",
"slug": "driscolls",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Driscoll's | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 21392,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/driscolls"
},
"news_20023": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20023",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20023",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20040,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/environment"
},
"news_20949": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20949",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20949",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay-featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay-featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20966,
"slug": "mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay-featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay-featured"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
}
}
