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Two months into a strike by Baja California farmworkers, the Mexican government has promised significant improvements in their working conditions, and gave preliminary approval of a wage increase. -
Some Baja California farmworkers are still on strike despite a 15 percent wage increase offered by growers. -
The mayor proposed a budget for 2016. Most observers liked it. The farmworkers' strike in Baja California has ended, but the ramifications for U.S. companies continue. A Marine's widow files suit over her husband's suicide in the Vista Jail. -
Most Baja California farmworkers protesting low wages have returned to the fields after growers in the San Quintin valley offered them a 15 percent wage increase, but strawberry output is expected to drop. -
KPBS Midday EditionLeaders of the farmworkers called the offer of 15 percent unacceptable, and said they want assured benefits, higher wages and an end to abuses. -
KPBS Midday EditionRe-learning the lessons of nature, and using that knowledge in your own community. That's the core of a new series of workshops starting up in a community of San Diego that has long been considered a food desert. -
Caravan 43 is a movement by parents and friends of 43 Mexican students who have been missing since September 2014. They plan to visit 45 states to raise awareness and seek help. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego’s 4,000 farms have been hit hard from drought — not because they have run out of water, but because water is squeezing their budgets. -
Farmworkers are striking this week over wages and working conditions. The strike has caused concern among Americans businesses that rely on Mexico's produce. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe annual conference is hosting small farmers and ranchers at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley. The ongoing drought is high on the list of topics the conference aims to tackle this year.
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