THE MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ALSO ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TODAY COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "SHORT HANDLED HOE" BEING OUTLAWED IN CALIFORNIA.... ALSO KNOWN AS "EL CORTITO".. IT ...

For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as “El Cortito,” was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept farmworkers stooped over for long hours each day. Workers were ...

A small group of attorneys came to Salinas Valley with a mission 50 years ago this month: free legal services for the poor. They were young, smart, energetic and ready to do something that had never ...

In 1975, the legendary farmworker advocate Cesar Chavez won one of his greatest victories when he convinced the California Legislature to ban the short-handled hoe. Workers had to stoop low to weed ...

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A state Senate committee is scheduled this week to take up a bill by Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, that would require California hotels to start using fitted bottom sheets rather than flat sheets ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Short handled agricultural implement.