Legislative Game of Chicken Imperils Local Governance
Friday the Vanguard primarily looked at the fiscal crisis the school district now faces which is due…
Friday the Vanguard primarily looked at the fiscal crisis the school district now faces which is due…
Here we are almost two weeks after the 2008 elections and we are still thinking about 2008…
My first inclination to a legal challenge of constitutional amendment is skepticism. But the more I look…
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Steven Ostrowski This November, Proposition 8 will be decided by the voters of California. It will decide…
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Early in the process this year, I came out against Proposition 11. However, a lot has happened…
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When the first Field Poll came out in July showing that 51 percent of the voters polled…
Despite a veto from the Governor, this is likely going to be the budget. The legislature expects…
Just over two weeks ago, we had a story on California’s Proposition 6. Part of that story…
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This week, the Field Poll was released showing that Proposition 8, the Ban on Gay Marriage was…
A few weeks ago, the Vanguard reported on the sad story of a 17-year-old farm worker who died of heat stroke after working for hours in the heat without adequate water, rest, or shade. (Click here to listen to our interview with Marilyn Calderon of the United Farm Workers).
On Friday, the Sacramento Bee reported on an update to the situation. The Merced Farm Labor had been allowed to reopen and send its laborers back to the fields as of June 26 after demonstrating to CAL-OSHA that it met all the requirements for heat protection for its workers. The company had been shut down because it was not requiring its employees to receive heat training.
Maria Isabel, a 17-year-old farm worker from Oaxaca collapsed on May 14 while working for a Merced Farm Laborer in a vineyard owned by West Coast Grape Farming outside of Stockton. Maria Isabel, who was two-months pregnant, had worked nine hours in temperatures that reached 100 degrees inside the vineyard. Her body temperature was 108.4 degrees when she was finally taken to a hospital nearly two hours after collapsing. She died on May 16.
We usually do not venture far outside of Yolo County and local Assembly and Senate races here,…
The Vanguard is always willing to print letters to the editor. They should be submitted here. Opinions…
Last night, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen made a last minute appearance at UC Davis in…