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50 Acre Grass Fire In Farmington

CAL Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras resources are on scene of a 50 acre grass fire in the community of Farmington.

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Mon May 18, 2009

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

OSHA halts farm operations over hot weekend

California officials took rare action this weekend by shutting down two San Joaquin Valley farm labor companies after discovering alleged violations of requirements to provide shade and train workers to prevent heat stress.

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Tue May 12, 2009

New America Media

Teen Farmworker's Death Brings Involuntary Manslaughter Charges

STOCKTON, Calif. -- Three people are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of pregnant 17-year-old field worker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, who died of heat stroke two days after collapsing in a vineyard.

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Tue May 05, 2009

RecordNET

Pen pals get write to work on the farm

Seven-year-olds Matthew Brazil of Escalon and Gregory Guajardo of Linden knew each other pretty well but barely recognized each other when they met Friday at the Weststeyn Dairy in Farmington.

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Sun May 03, 2009

RecordNET

Briefs -- Published May 3, 2009

A program to recharge declining groundwater levels in eastern San Joaquin County is set to receive $835,000 from the federal economic stimulus package.

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Fri Apr 24, 2009

RecordNET

Manslaughter charges filed in 2008 death of 17-year-old farmworker

San Joaquin County District Attorney James P. Willett filed involuntary manslaughter charges today against former operators of Merced Farm Labor in the case of 17-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, who died of a heat stroke May 16 two days after collapsing in a Farmington vineyard under the contractor's supervision.

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Fri Mar 27, 2009

RecordNET

Stockton artist gives black and white photography some hand-colored life

Karen Olson often debates her friends about the future of her art form, which is black and white photography.

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Wed Mar 04, 2009

RecordNET

Letters -- Published March 4, 2009

The Delicato 21st annual Fine Art Show was a huge success. The art entered was absolutely superb.

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Mon Jan 19, 2009

RecordNET

Advocates and farm workers prepare for hot summer ahead

The heat-related deaths of at least six workers last year - including a teenage farm worker who had been living in Lodi - prompted heightened scrutiny of conditions in the Central Valley's fields as well as ...

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