Dolores Huerta, a legend of the Chicano labor movement with deep connections to Monterey County, has died. For over six decades, Huerta fought for the rights of all people on the margins of society under the banner, “Sí se puede!” (or "Yes we can”). She was 96.
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At the beginning of the year, an unprecedented heat wave swept across California, transforming winter into summer in January, escalating over the months of February and March. People hit the beaches as temperatures in the Salinas Valley reached as high as 94 degrees Fahrenheit, according to …

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