Delano
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Oct 3, 2026
Jacob SoboroffHOST
King would later put it, Selma produced the voting rights legislation of 1965.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
One year after Selma, here in California, grape workers who were on strike walked 340 miles from Delano, California to the state capitol in Sacramento.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
They referred to their march as a pilgrimage.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
The farm workers began their march during the Christian season of Lent and it ended on Easter Sunday.
Don KlineHOST
Younger, Clifford, is the left guard from San Diego, a junior, two-year campaigner, weighing 235.
Don KlineHOST
Dennis Sheehan from Delano, California, the center.
Don KlineHOST
He weighs 225 and a three-year letter winner.
Don KlineHOST
Larry Jones would be the right guard to hear from Pasadena, a senior, weighing 230 and a one-year letter winner.
Rick SmithHOST
On this day in labor history, the year was 1965.
Rick SmithHOST
That was the day the Delano grape strike began in California.
Rick SmithHOST
The strike came a year after activists had forced Congress to end the Bracero Contract Labor Program.
Rick SmithHOST
The Filipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, led by Larry Italong, Philip Vera Cruz, and others, called the strike against the Delano growers and the Coachella Valley grape growers.
Rick SmithHOST
It had been a record harvest.
Rick SmithHOST
Farm workers demanded higher wages, humane working conditions, and union recognition.
Rick SmithHOST
Thousands of cases of grapes were left to rot on the docks.
Rick SmithHOST
This initial victory led Chavez to organize a grape boycott against heavyweights DiGiorgio and Shenley Industries.
Corey JamesHOST
At this point, police have not released a motive for the deadly attack, but anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Fresno Police.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
Also in an Action News update, we now know the name of a man shot and killed in Tulare County's community of Rich Grove near Delano.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
The Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to Francis Drive near Wheatland Drive after midnight Sunday morning for a shooting.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
Deputies found 34-year-old Edgar Sotelo, who was shot and quickly provided aid.
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Jean Gabriel SaldanaCORRESPONDENT
This is part of your morning drive.
Jean Gabriel SaldanaCORRESPONDENT
Be sure to slow down as units make their way to the scene.
Jean Gabriel SaldanaCORRESPONDENT
Now heading south towards Delano, State Route 99 northbound at County Line Road, looks like CHP is on scene of a multi-vehicle traffic collision and medical personnel are responding.
Jean Gabriel SaldanaCORRESPONDENT
If this is part of your morning drive, you can expect delays as the lanes of traffic are affected.
Graciela MorenoHOST
In an Action News update, we now know the identity of the man shot and killed in the Tillery County community of Richgrove.
Graciela MorenoHOST
That's an area just northeast of Delano.
Graciela MorenoHOST
The Sheriff's Office says that deputies responded to Francis Drive near Wheatland Drive after midnight Sunday morning for a shooting.
Graciela MorenoHOST
Deputies found 34-year-old Edgar Sotelo, who was shot and quickly provided aid.
Corey JamesHOST
And deputies are also investigating a murder in the Tulare County community of Rich Grove.
Corey JamesHOST
That area is just northeast of Delano.
Corey JamesHOST
The sheriff's office says deputies responded to Francis Drive near Wheatland Drive after midnight Sunday morning for shooting there.
Corey JamesHOST
Now, they say they found a man who was shot and quickly provided aid.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
Deputies are also investigating a murder in Tulare County after a man was shot and killed.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
The deadly gunfire erupted in the community of Rich Grove, that is northeast of Delano.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
The sheriff's office says deputies responded to Francis Drive near Wheatland Drive after midnight Sunday morning for a shooting.
Jessica HarringtonHOST
Deputies found a man who was shot and quickly provided aid.
Christina LopezHOST
The deadly gunfire erupted in the community of Rich Grove.
Christina LopezHOST
That's just northeast of Delano.
Christina LopezHOST
Tulare County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to Francis Drive near Wheatland Drive after midnight for a shooting.
Christina LopezHOST
Deputies found a man who was shot and quickly provided aid.
Christina LopezHOST
A deadly gunfire erupted in the community of Richgrove.
Christina LopezHOST
That's just northeast of Delano.
Christina LopezHOST
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to Francis Drive near Wheatland Drive after midnight for a shooting.
Christina LopezHOST
Deputies found a man who was shot and quickly provided aid.
Maria HinojosaHOST
His name is Luis Valdez.
Maria HinojosaHOST
Born in 1940 to immigrant farm workers in Delano, California, his family followed the crops across the West.
Maria HinojosaHOST
For Luis, the fields were more than just a workplace.
Maria HinojosaHOST
They were the beginning of a story.
Maria HinojosaHOST
Campesinos were organizing, demanding dignity and rights under the leadership of the United Farmworker Movement.
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The workers are on the rise.
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There will be strikes all over the state and throughout the country because Delano has shown what can be done and the workers know that they are no longer alone.
Maria HinojosaHOST
During the Delano Grape Strike, Luis didn't just pick up a megaphone or a sign.
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