Wasco City Council Recognizes February as Pesticide Safety and Awareness Month

January 22, 2026 / By Aimee Preciado
Tags: City Council, Farmworker rights, Farmworkers, lideres campesinas, pesticides, Wasco

On Jan. 20, the Wasco City Council formally recognized the month of February as Pesticide Safety and Awareness Month and presented a public proclamation to Líderes Campesinas, a farmworker advocacy organization known for its work on environmental health and labor safety issues.

Farmworkers and advocates demand exact location in Statewide Pesticide Notification

July 24, 2024 / By Victoria Rodgers
Tags: Department of Pesticide Regulation, DPR, Enviroment, Farmworkers, Kern County, pesticides, Shafter

Byanka Santoyo speaks at the news conference on pesticide notification in Shafter, July 23, 2024. Photo courtesy of CPR.

CA Attorney General, DPR, and San Joaquin County District Attorney secure court decision against Alpine for illegal pesticide drift

March 10, 2022 / By Victoria Rodgers
Tags: Environment, Environmental Justice, pesticides

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), and San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar secured a decision by the San Joaquin County Superior Court against Alpine Helicopter Service, Inc.

KEEN Launches Reporting System

May 3, 2012 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Air quality, Californians for Pesticide Reform, CRPE, Enviroment, Health, IVAN, KEEN, pesticides

By BERENICE SANCHEZ/South Kern Sol

BAKERSFIELD–Community advocates and government agencies joined forces to launch the website that will allow community members and environmental advocates to report environmental and health hazards they see on May 1.