immigrant rights

The California Small Farm Conference this week is adding immigrant rights and safety to the agenda while unions brace for threats to collective bargaining. Both industries have major roles in the region and are reacting to Trump administration executive orders and actions. Also, residents in the vicinity of the Moss Landing battery plant fire discuss potential health impacts.

President-elect Trump's promised deportations are calling attention to how byzantine the U.S. immigration system is. People on all sides are figuring out how to navigate it.

Monterey County, where nearly 30% of the population is foreign-born, is developing a plan to deal with President-elect Trump's promised mass deportations.

Protesters across the country and here on the Central Coast want the Trump Administration to stop separating families at the border. About a dozen…