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Phony attorney allegedly scammed Santa Maria farmworkers

Written on 3 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An unlicensed legal consultant pretending to be an attorney allegedly scammed immigrant farmworkers on the Central Coast, resulting in two individuals paying a combined total of $12,000 in legal fees, only to have deportation proceedings initiated against... (Continue reading)

California growers trying to replace diminishing farm workers with robots

Written on 21 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Faced with a shrinking population of immigrant farm workers, California growers are racing to adopt technological innovations that will mechanically pick crops. [LA Times] Over much of the past decade, Mexican immigrants have been returning to Mexico at a faster... (Continue reading)

Bus carrying farmworkers catches fire and crashes

Written on 12 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A fiery bus with no one at the wheel rolled down a Santa Barbara County Highway and crashed into a ditch Thursday afternoon. Six people were injured and taken to the hospital, although only person suffered major injuries. [KEYT] Shortly... (Continue reading)

Company plans to house up to 600 farm workers near Santa Maria

Written on 24 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Just weeks after an arsonist burned down a home being built to house farm workers in Nipomo, a Santa Maria company is proposing building 30 houses to accommodate up to 600 farm workers. Unlike the Nipomo project, plans call for... (Continue reading)

Arson confirmed in Nipomo farm worker housing fire

Written on 21 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An arsonist set the fire that destroyed a home being built to house farm workers in Nipomo, according to a press release from cal Fire. On April 6 shortly before midnight, Cal Fire received a report of a fire on... (Continue reading)

First threats, then fire burns migrant housing in Nipomo

Written on 7 Apr, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 77 comments

Following several reported threats, an arsonist likely set a fire Wednesday night that burned a home under construction in Nipomo. The home was one of seven houses being built to shelter 112 or more foreign nationals who would come from... (Continue reading)

Nipomo neighbors in uproar over migrant housing

Written on 1 Apr, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 67 comments

By KAREN VELIE A large strawberry grower in South County is seeking to move 112 or more foreign nationals into seven homes on Mad Place in Nipomo. A plan some neighbors are rallying against. Under the federal H-2A program, employers... (Continue reading)