Huron NewsLocal news for Huron, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico- April 29, 2008 "Agriculture is a global industry, so we're building an international infrastructure to advocate for these global workers" Farm worker Simon Sangerman, 44, poses for a portrait on Thursday, April 24, 2008 in Five Points, Calif. via Inside Bay Areahttp://www.topix.net/city/huron-ca/2008/04/union-and-states-try-recruiting-farm-workers-fr... Updates: Huron police arrest suspect in burglary, stabbing- April 28, 2008 Huron police arrested a 31-year-old man early Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder and burglary after police said he beat and stabbed a man who interrupted a burglary attempt. via Fresno Beehttp://www.topix.net/city/huron-ca/2008/04/updates-huron-police-arrest-suspect-in-burglary... Weary of waiting for Washington, US farm union recruits laborers in Mexico- April 26, 2008 "Agriculture is a global industry, so we're building an international infrastructure to advocate for these global workers" HURON, California : Weary of waiting for Congress to overhaul U.S. immigration laws, the United Farm Workers union is marching forward with a plan to recruit Mexican laborers to pick crops on U.S. farms. via International Herald Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/huron-ca/2008/04/weary-of-waiting-for-washington-us-farm-union-r... County Fire Spreads Gift of Life- April 21, 2008 "We team up and hand out fire safety information and smoke detectors, if someone doesn't have one" The Fresno County Fire Department received a huge donation that is already helping them save lives. via KMPH-TV Fresnohttp://www.topix.net/city/huron-ca/2008/04/county-fire-spreads-gift-of-life?fromrss=1 Plowing under the fields of shame- April 12, 2008 "It happens so much it's kind of normal." Under a brain-scorching heat, a group of farmworkers harvests melons from a vast field near Huron, Calif. via High Country Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/huron-ca/2008/04/plowing-under-the-fields-of-shame?fromrss=1 |