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In one of the richest agricultural areas of the world, the legacy of racial exclusion lives on in the contaminated water.

The State Water Resources Control Board has appointed 10 members to its SAFER Advisory Group demonstrating its continued commitment to soliciting...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Amid a crushing pandemic, this party van is a lifeline for California farmworkers [Los Angeles Times :: BC-FARMWORKERS-PARTYVAN:LA] SELMA, Calif. — The van rattling down a field road stood out even in a cloud of dust, its paint job the colors of birthday cake frosting, Christmas tree lights, red-purple-yellow-blue confetti. A party van helps when trying to reach farmworkers in dark pandemic times. But Ricardo Castorena, 47, found that out by accident. He’d only been trying to get free gas when he made the deal with the radio station. In March, when the pandemi...

SELMA, Calif. —  The van rattling down a field road stood out even in a cloud of dust, its paint job the colors of birthday cake frosting, Christmas tree lights, red-purple-yellow-blue confetti. A party van helps when trying to reach farmworkers in dark pandemic times. But Ricardo Castorena, 47, found that out by accident. He’d only been trying to get free gas when he made the deal with the radio station. In March, when the pandemic first closed bars and festivals, the sales manager of Radio Lazer KLUN-FM 103.1 feared the station would lose name recognition — a name announced in promo...

Amid a crushing pandemic, this party van is a lifeline for California farmworkers Diana Marcum © Provided by The LA Times Ricardo "El Profe" Castorena, right, gives a farmworker masks to protect her from the coronavirus in the fields of Selma. Castorena plays music and delivers PPE to farmworkers with the help of a Radio Lazer 103.1 van. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The van rattling down a field road stood out even in a cloud of dust, its paint job the colors of birthday cake frosting, Christmas tree lights, red-purple-yellow-blue confetti. A party van helps when try...