Who participated in the 1965 delano grape strike, joins a panel of historians to discuss its history and legacy as well as the early days of the Farmworkers Movement. California State University bakersfield and Bakersfield College cohosted this event. Its about 90 minutes. The next portion of our program is a Panel Discussion on the history and legacy of the grapestrike the str it is ani honor to have with us one of the heroes of theke. The grape strike. It is an honor to have with us one of the heroes of the strike, ms. Lorraine agtang. She and her family lived for years in the same farm labor camp outside delano. She was 13 when it began. In 1970, she and her family proudly went to work under union contract. Out on strike again in 1973. She was the first manager of the retirement village you saw in delano that the Farmworkers Movement built for elderly and displaced filipino in 1974. Rs in 1975, with the passage of the Agricultural Labor relations act, lorraine organized farmworkers
Strike. She lived for years in the same farm labor camp outside of delano. She was 13 when the strike began in 1970, sheas won and her family went to work under union contract. They walked out on strike again. N 1973 she was the first manager of the retirement village that you saw that thelm near delano Farmworkers Movement built for elderly and misplaced filipino farmworkers in 1974. In 1970 five, with the passage of the Agricultural Labor relations act, they organized farmworkers from multiple ethnicities for the first elections. She has been a dedicated activist with the Farmworkers Movement ever since, and continues to tell the story of the contribution to the movement. Is ms. Mabalon a professor of history at San Francisco State University with an ma in American University studies and a phd from stanford. Her research focuses on Filipino American history historical and cultural preservation and filipinoamerican food ways. Choose the author of a filipina in stockton,nity california
Shelley the owner of the deli says he is stunned by what happened. I was making some sandwiches, and all of a sudden, there was a loud explosion. It seemed like a car came over the median and crashed into the building. 12 20 this afternoon during the lunch hour. Claremont police say a jeep sped through opera house square, the middle of downtown, struck another vehicle, and into a concrete post, sending it into the building. There was just a thick cloud of smoke. Shelley despite the flying concrete and glass, no one on this crowded street was hurt. We just had a lunch rush, and the second wave was coming in, and it just happened at the right time. Shelley police say the driver of the jeep was 55yearold Patrick Taylor of new york. They arrested him for dwi and for resisting arrest. Knowing this crash could ve been so much worse. 12 00, 12 15 on a thursday, this is the central part of town. This is where the local people and local businesses are. I m glad no one got hurt. Shelley the deli
Good evening. I am tom griffith. Shelley i am shelley walcott. A driver lost control of his vehicle in the middle of the lunch hour rush. Somehow, no one was hurt. This could ve been really bad. Shelley the owner of the deli says he is stunned by what happened. I was making some sandwiches, and all of a sudden, there was a loud explosion. It seemed like a car came over the median and crashed into the building. Shelley it happened around 12 20 this afternoon during the lunch hour. Claremont police say a jeep sped through opera house square, the middle of downtown, struck another vehicle, and into a concrete post, sending it into the building. There was just a thick cloud of smoke. Shelley despite the flying concrete and glass, no one on this crowded street was hurt. We just had a lunch rush, and and it just happened at the right time. Shelley police say the driver of the jeep was 55yearold Patrick Taylor of new york. They arrested him for dwi and for resisting arrest. Business owners li
Sean star wars is back. Episode 7 hit the big screens. Fans are leaving with big smiles on their faces. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 daybreak. Erin a bit of a washout yesterday. So much rain fell. People were wondering if it was snow, what would it be. Sean probably a foot of snow. Maybe people will be complaining about that. Ski country will be about that. Kevin we hear both sides all the time often daily. We can complain about it a lot. The weather is the weather. It is going to continue to do what it is going to do. Were going to try to keep up with it at times. Youll notice the patchy fog. Plenty of clouds otherwise. The system will be passing off shore this morning. The clouds that are out there will try to break apart in to the afternoon. Temperatures up in to the 40s before an air mass starts to build in overnight. Will mean 30s tomorrow. Those will be around through sunday before another warming trend next week. Much more coming up. Lets look at your