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Listen to the story here. On a warm Saturday morning in south Fresno County, families and vendors bargain at the Cherry Auction, the Central Valley’s largest outdoor market. Latino residents have come here for decades to browse endless rows of vendors in search of clothing, blankets, produce and much more. A song ‘Carta Jugada’ by Banda Tuzantla blares from 27-year-old Alejandro Gonzalez’s CD stand. Gonzalez and his family have sold CD’s at the swap meet since he was 8 years old. “It officially became mine when I was 15,” he says. “My dad passed away and I took over the stand.” ....
Listen to the podcast here. On this week s Valley Edition: As candidates line up to run against the governor in the recall election, we discuss the financial costs for taxpayers and the political costs for Newsom. Plus, as demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in Fresno County drops, we visit the Cherry Auction to find out why some Latino residents are choosing not to get the vaccine.
And a pair of historians discuss the farm labor shortage in the 1940s. Listen to these stories and more in the podcast above. Tags: ....