Farmington NewsLocal news for Farmington, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Uncle of girl who died from heatstroke is fired- June 21, 2008 The uncle of Maria Jimenez, the teenager who died May 16 of heatstroke while pruning a vineyard near Farmington, was fired Wednesday by the contractor who replaced Merced Farm Labor.http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/uncle-of-girl-who-died-from-heatstroke-is-... Coroner: Heat stroke killed laborer- June 19, 2008 Seventeen-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez died May 16 of a work-related heat stroke, the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office confirmed this week.http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/coroner-heat-stroke-killed-laborer?fromrss... Teen farm worker who died should not have been here- June 12, 2008 It is unfortunate that a young person has died as Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez did, but doesn't anyone realize that she was here and working illegally, and pregnant, and seven months down the road, she would ...http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/teen-farm-worker-who-died-should-not-have-... Farm workers hope bill, unity will harvest change- June 9, 2008 Farm labor advocates Wednesday called on state legislators to amend a bill that would make it easier for farm workers to unionize, using a prayer vigil for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez as a vehicle for change.http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/farm-workers-hope-bill-unity-will-harvest-... Heat is on Farmers- June 7, 2008 The weather has cooled in the three weeks since the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a teenage farmworker overcome by heat in a vineyard near Farmington.http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/heat-is-on-farmers?fromrss=1 Maria Isabel's Farewell- June 5, 2008 Vida En El Valle , News Report, Jennie Rodriguez, Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Editor's Note: A service was held this week for 17-year-old farm worker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, whose death was the first ...http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/maria-isabels-farewell?fromrss=1 News & Notes- June 4, 2008 Commuters and others headed for Sacramento will be greeted this morning by a massive highway construction project along a one-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in the heart of the capital city.http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/news-notes?fromrss=1 Hundreds Begin Four-Day March in Lodi in Memory of Fallen Farm Worker- June 2, 2008 Inside St. Anne's Church, there was no extra room to sit or stand. The mass that marked the start of a four-day, 40-mile walk was so full, many had to wait in the lobby or even outside.http://www.topix.net/city/farmington-ca/2008/06/hundreds-begin-four-day-march-in-lodi-in-m... |