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A life-size statue of César Chávez is removed by city workers from Cesar Chavez Memorial Park in San Fernando, California on March 19, 2026. The Texas Education Agency on Monday directed all public ...

Matthew Rodriguez is a digital producer for CBS Los Angeles. He's previously reported for local outlets like the Argonaut and Pasadena Weekly. Matt typically covers breaking news and crime. Los ...

Ten days since sexual abuse allegations were disclosed in a chilling New York Times investigation against farmworkers rights advocate César Chávez, the race to erase his name and likeness from public ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver city leaders said Thursday that they would rename a fast-approaching holiday that honors civil rights leader César Chávez, a day after The New York ...

DELANO, Calif. – A few hours north of Los Angeles, the small city of Delano is surrounded by miles and miles of grapevines, orange groves and almond orchards. According to Monike Reynozo, everyone ...

Shocked over the sexual abuse allegations against César Chávez , organizations have already removed murals and statues of the late labor leader. Sonoma State, Fresno State and a private home in San ...

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday to rename César Chávez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon’s legacy with explosive sexual abuse ...

A tarnished “Cesar E. Chavez Parkway” sign sits above a stop sign in San Diego. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) When the news broke about labor leader Cesar Chavez, my first thought was ...