Dolores Huerta Memorials Planned Across California

Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil rights leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers and spent more than 70 years advocating for workers, women, voting rights and other causes, died at 96 on Oct. 28. Her family has reflected on her courage, achievements and role as a mother, while community observances will include a public viewing at California’s State Capitol on Nov. 16 and memorial and celebration-of-life events in Bakersfield on Nov. 20. The Bakersfield events will be free and open to the public, livestreamed, and feature speakers, music and an interfaith service.