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As she and Cesar Chavez made history, Dolores Huerta carried a horrifying secret
LAT, HANNAH FRY: "In the pages of history, they were a team that changed the world.
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded the United Farm Workers and brought new life to the American labor movement, drawing national attention to the brutal working conditions and unlivable wages that agricultural workers experienced."
California leaders lionized César Chávez. Now, they face a reckoning with his past
CALMATTERS, RYAN SABALOW/JEANNE KUANG/NADIA LATHAN/YUE STELLA YU: "César Chávez, the legendary California farm-labor activist and Mexican-American civil rights icon, has for decades been a figure intertwined with state and national Democratic politics.
Former President Joe Biden had a bust of Chávez inside the White House. Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters a black-and-white photo of Chávez and his close ally Sen. Robert Kennedy is the first picture he sees in his house every morning."
Push to strip Cesar Chavez’s name off streets, buildings, holidays catches fire after sex abuse allegations
LAT, KAREN GARCIA/MELISSA GOMEZ/BRITTNY MEJIA/JAWEED KALEEM: "The sex abuse allegations against famed labor leader Cesar Chavez has prompted immediate calls that his name be stripped from schools, parks, streets, buildings and holidays.
The claims immediately became a political issue across California and other states, where Chavez has been memorialized in many ways since his death in 1993."
‘We’re in shock’: Farmworkers grapple with Cesar Chavez sex abuse allegations
LAT, IAN JAMES/MELISSA GOMEZ: "Explosive allegations that Cesar Chavez abused girls and sexually assaulted his fellow labor activist Dolores Huerta decades ago are roiling the farmworker community, leaving many stunned at the revelations.
Teresa Romero, president of United Farm Workers, condemned the acts that Chavez was accused of committing in the 1960s and 1970s when he led the union."
Schools move to minimize Chavez’s role in civil rights movement: ‘We stand with survivors of violence’
CALMATTERS, CAROLYN JONES: "César Chávez is woven throughout California’s social studies curriculum — as a labor leader, civil rights hero and practitioner of nonviolent protest.
That’s about to change.
State education officials on Wednesday urged teachers to minimize the role of Chávez when teaching about the farm labor movement. The labor rights icon and namesake of at least 43 schools in California, Chávez was accused Wednesday of a long pattern of sexually abusing women and girls."
UFW president: ‘We do not condone the actions of César Chávez’
CALMATTERS, SERGIO OLMOS/WENDY FRY: "United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero said the rape allegations against the late labor leader César Chávez were “very difficult to hear,” and not something the organization expected.
Chávez is widely-recognized as one of the most influential labor leaders in U.S. history, known for founding the United Farm Workers and for leading national boycotts to improve working conditions for farmworkers."
Billionaires have a favorite in the California governor’s race — and it’s not even close
CHRONICLE, JOE GAROFOLI/CHRISTIAN LEONARD: "There is no doubt which candidate California’s billionaires want to be the next governor of California: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan.
A Chronicle analysis found more than 30 billionaires — the vast majority of whom live in California — have donated to one of the top gubernatorial candidates or to an independent committee supporting them, totaling about $9 million. More than two-thirds (25) donated to support Mahan, one of eight Democrats in the race. The billionaires’ financial support to Mahan, which totaled at least $8.6 million as of Wednesday, could help boost his profile in a crowded June primary. Former Fox News commentator Steve Hilton, a Republican, had the second-most billionaire support, at seven donors."
Experts Expound: The top two primary
CAPITOL WEEKLY, STAFF: "“More likely there will be a recall effort if the general is a top two GOP race.”
“If there isn’t there should be. Terrible system.”"
This new California law will offer college students rehab before discipline for overdosing
CALMATTERS, ALINA TA: "California college students have two choices when they are experiencing an overdose: Ask for help and risk punishment from their university, or stay quiet and leave it up to fate.
Two years ago, TJ McGee, a second-year student at UC Berkeley, faced this very question. On the night that he overdosed, he lay on the floor of his dorm, pale and seizing."
Fresno school district, teachers union get families housed
EDSOURCE, LASHERICA THORNTON: "For seven years, Veronica Sanchez, her mother and her five school-aged children lived in hotel rooms across Fresno. They had a place to sleep. But it wasn’t ideal.
Hotel staff would knock on their door looking for payment. The family sometimes changed rooms for a cheaper rate."
Los Angeles Unified faces potential strike by 68,000 teachers, other employees starting April 14
EDSOURCE, MALLIKA SESHADRI: "Two unions representing more than 68,000 LAUSD teachers and employees will strike starting on April 14, unless they reach an agreement with the district beforehand.
The announcement was made at a “Fight for LA” joint rally on Wednesday afternoon with members of United Teachers Los Angeles, representing roughly 38,000 teachers, and SEIU Local 99, which represents more than 30,000 workers, including cafeteria workers, bus drivers and special education assistants."
California is spending hundreds of millions on heat. Will it ever be a public health priority?
CALMATTERS, ANA B. IBARRA/ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE: "In southwest Santa Rosa teenagers skip sports practices to avoid getting burned by the hot turf. Some will end up at the air conditioned mall. In southeast Los Angeles County people wait at unshaded bus stops, covering their faces with umbrellas and bags.
Temperatures topped 100 degrees in some parts of the state this week — and it’s only March."
California’s heat wave is about to peak — but a shift is finally in the S.F. forecast
CHRONICLE, GREG \PORTER: "While Southern California is preparing for a reinvigorated heat wave, the unseasonable warmth will start to crack around the Bay Area this weekend, with temperatures cooling by 5 to 15 degrees.
Thursday will likely be the peak of the heat in our region and the last legitimate shot at San Francisco breaking its all-time March temperature record of 87 degrees. For the third consecutive day, temperatures will soar into the mid to upper 90s in the inland valleys of the East Bay and South Bay."
Building more is the key to affordability
CAPITOL WEEKLY, KERRY JACKSON: "California policymakers are obsessed with boosting “affordable housing,” which makes sense when housing in the state is out of reach to a large portion of its residents.
They’re trying to solve the problem from the wrong end, though. The supply of affordable housing is best expanded not by focusing on building homes with artificially cheap price tags but by increasing the construction pace of all homes."
Help us name the next five San Francisco Bay Ferry boats. (And travel free for a year!)
CHRONICLE, PETER HARTLAUB: "Since I started commuting by ferry a decade ago, I’ve loved the fact that each boat has a name.
It feels less like you’re stepping onto an anonymous vehicle and more like you’re meeting an old friend, crossing the San Francisco Bay on the Delphinus, Carina, Scorpio or (definitely my favorite) Karl the boat."
