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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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In search of answers
June 24, 2024
Agricultural workers say pesticide abuses are not reaching government officials.
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Sheriff’s Office reopens ‘lost’ King City death case
May 31, 2024
As a result of a year-long Voices inquiry into a possible homicide, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has reopened its abbreviated investigation of the 2015 traffic death of longtime King City resident Aracely Zavala.
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Newly released records detail horrific health care failures at Monterey County Jail
August 10, 2023
Death rate twice the national average as for-profit Wellpath ‘defies’ court-ordered obligations.
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Mural Magic
August 02, 2023
New underpass art reflects diversity of Salinas community. Nestled in the heart of California’s agricultural landscape, Salinas has been a magnet for murals for several decades.
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EXPOSED: A series about the effects of pesticides on communities
May 18, 2023
An investigative series led by Environmental Health News, and palabra, a multimedia platform of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, on pesticide use in California that finds rural communities of color and farmworkers are disproportionately exposed to some of the most dangerous chemicals approved for use in agriculture.
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With flooded fields and ruined crops, what will happen to Pajaro now?
May 04, 2023
FEMA stalled in supporting the town, and President Biden’s presidential declaration of an emergency took too long. Yet even without government support, residents have been allowed to re-enter their homes, the tap water has been deemed safe to drink, and most businesses in Pajaro have reopened.
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After Life: The untold story of how a group of incarcerated men reshaped rehabilitation in California
February 02, 2023
Join us for season two of Voices’ own Gray Area podcast, where we make documentaries for your ears. This time, we’ve followed one man with a life sentence who got an unexpected second chance at life.
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