Untitled photo, possibly related to: West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields
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![The image is a black and white photograph depicting an individual operating what appears to be a tractor in the midst of farmland. The machinery, with large tracks on its undercarriage for navigating rough terrain, seems designed for agricultural purposes such as plowing or tilling. A person wearing a hat sits atop the machine, controlling it. Behind them is a field that looks recently worked, displaying rows and mounds indicative of farming activity. In the background, there are leafless trees lining what might be a horizon, suggesting this scene could take place in late autumn or winter when vegetation has died down.
The photograph appears to have some text on top; however, it’s not fully legible due to resolution constraints. This suggests that additional context about the image may exist beyond its immediate depiction. The setting looks rural and open with no buildings immediately adjacent but rather a distant view of what could be farm structures or houses in the far distance.
There's also some text on the bottom left corner, which is not clear enough for interpretation due to resolution issues as well. This might contain further details about the image like its source, metadata, etc., commonly seen with scanned documents or digital images from archives.
Based on these observations and common knowledge of historical photographs, one could infer that this may be a [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ls2ap3pxsotp3pgwjf7o633l/bafkreiewba5thuiongotyp2sg6srsig6xph2lsxyjfebvguurnbkkazuom@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Untitled photo, possibly related to: West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields
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Untitled photo, possibly related to: West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields
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![This black and white photograph captures a moment from what appears to be the early 20th century, featuring an individual operating a large tractor in an agricultural setting. The person is seated atop a Caterpillar diesel-type tractor marked with the number "36" on its side panel. They are dressed in work attire including a hat, overalls, and gloves which suggests manual labor or fieldwork.
The tractor itself has robust construction indicative of heavy-duty farming equipment used during that era for tasks such as plowing fields. Visible features include large tracks instead of wheels designed to navigate through soft soil commonly found on potato fields mentioned in the caption. The background shows a barren landscape with some sparse vegetation under a clear sky, likely depicting a farm or open field.
The photograph carries historical significance, reflecting farming practices and machinery from that period. It hints at an agrarian economy where such tractors were essential for large-scale cultivation operations like those on potato fields in California's West side of the San Joaquin Valley. The caption also suggests that only large-scale agricultural enterprises could afford this equipment during its time.
The image is credited to Dorothea Lange, a well-known photographer who documented various aspects of American life and worked extensively with migrant workers dur [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ls2ap3pxsotp3pgwjf7o633l/bafkreib3o3rx6jy7n42pyeck3ivefsd7uzcc5afg3uaf7ifyi63xcly6g4@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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A good story about some great news for a #historic #CA community in the #SanJoaquinValley: a new well, providing clean #water to Allensworth, which was the first town in California to be founded and governed by African Americans.
On Tuesday, residents of Allensworth celebrated a new well that will finally bring clean, abundant water to the town that was beset by water troubles soon after it was founded in 1908. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2026/01/21/s...
SJV WATER: Water first destroyed, and will now rebuild, the historic town of Allensworth
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Starting nearly 118 years ago, arsenic-laced groundwater and dry wells all but killed the hopes of California’s only town founded and governed by African Americans, many of t...
mavensnotebook.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
A good story about some great news for a #historic #CA community in the #SanJoaquinValley: a new well, providing clean #water to Allensworth, which was the first town in California to be founded and governed by African Americans.
#immigration #fear #farmworkers #CropsLeftToDie #CentralCalifornia #SanJoaquinValley
From Dec. 19, 2025: Fear leads to rotting crops for owners of a normally food-producing farm in central California:
youtu.be/UUv6MRfImKY?...
From Dec. 19, 2025: Fear leads to rotting crops for owners of a normally food-producing farm in central California:
youtu.be/UUv6MRfImKY?...
Crops left to die after Central Coast farm faces labor shortage amid ICE fears
YouTube video by KSBW Action News 8
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM
#immigration #fear #farmworkers #CropsLeftToDie #CentralCalifornia #SanJoaquinValley
From Dec. 19, 2025: Fear leads to rotting crops for owners of a normally food-producing farm in central California:
youtu.be/UUv6MRfImKY?...
From Dec. 19, 2025: Fear leads to rotting crops for owners of a normally food-producing farm in central California:
youtu.be/UUv6MRfImKY?...
Adoption of zero-emission vehicles in the #SanJoaquinValley lags CA as a whole, even as the region has a high burden of air pollution. theintersectionreports.org/valley-has-h...
Valley has high air-pollution burden, also lags in zero-emission vehicles - The Intersection
The eight counties in the San Joaquin Valley experience some of the highest levels of air pollution in California, with levels of several pollutants far above the statewide average. All eight counties...
theintersectionreports.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Adoption of zero-emission vehicles in the #SanJoaquinValley lags CA as a whole, even as the region has a high burden of air pollution. theintersectionreports.org/valley-has-h...
#TuleFog is low-lying—and hovers over major roadways, making night driving especially risky! I moved to #Fresno not long after college in #SF, and lived in the #SanJoaquinValley for three years and was not prepared for dense #TuleFog.
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#TuleFog is low-lying—and hovers over major roadways, making night driving especially risky! I moved to #Fresno not long after college in #SF, and lived in the #SanJoaquinValley for three years and was not prepared for dense #TuleFog.
#SanFranciscans (like me) experience Fog differently: terrestrial warm air meeting sudden onset of atmospheric cold air, then getting “trapped” temporarily before coastal airflow dissipates the Fog. But this same dynamic is more acute in the #SanJoaquinValley in part bc “outlets” are minimal. 💨 🌫️
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
#SanFranciscans (like me) experience Fog differently: terrestrial warm air meeting sudden onset of atmospheric cold air, then getting “trapped” temporarily before coastal airflow dissipates the Fog. But this same dynamic is more acute in the #SanJoaquinValley in part bc “outlets” are minimal. 💨 🌫️
Heartbreaking update on the #SanJoaquinValley shooting. Local journalism like #Stocktonia is crucial for community healing & accountability. We need more of this brave reporting! 📰💔 #SupportLocalNews
Update on the tragic mass shooting that happened in the #SanJoaquinValley over the weekend. This outlet, #Stocktonia, is a local nonprofit news startup that regularly Outshines what’s left of the Legacy outlets in this #CA interior region: stocktonia.org/news/public-...
8-year-old shooting victim identified as Stockton Unified student - Stocktonia News
The violence left four people dead — three of them children — and at least 11 others wounded in what authorities described as a “targeted incident."
stocktonia.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Heartbreaking update on the #SanJoaquinValley shooting. Local journalism like #Stocktonia is crucial for community healing & accountability. We need more of this brave reporting! 📰💔 #SupportLocalNews
Tragic news about the #SanJoaquinValley shooting. 😢 Local voices like #Stocktonia are crucial for community resilience. Innovative journalism can drive change and healing. Stay strong, folks. 💔 #CommunitySupport
Update on the tragic mass shooting that happened in the #SanJoaquinValley over the weekend. This outlet, #Stocktonia, is a local nonprofit news startup that regularly Outshines what’s left of the Legacy outlets in this #CA interior region: stocktonia.org/news/public-...
8-year-old shooting victim identified as Stockton Unified student - Stocktonia News
The violence left four people dead — three of them children — and at least 11 others wounded in what authorities described as a “targeted incident."
stocktonia.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Tragic news about the #SanJoaquinValley shooting. 😢 Local voices like #Stocktonia are crucial for community resilience. Innovative journalism can drive change and healing. Stay strong, folks. 💔 #CommunitySupport
PS: #SanJoaquinCounty sits at the top of the #SanJoaquinValley, my home state’s 8 county interior BigAg Belt that generates an average of 60B in produce + cattle profits for the WM owners. #SanJoaquinCounty recently celebrated its 175th Anniversary —and also just hired its first ever County PIO. 🤦🏽♀️
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
PS: #SanJoaquinCounty sits at the top of the #SanJoaquinValley, my home state’s 8 county interior BigAg Belt that generates an average of 60B in produce + cattle profits for the WM owners. #SanJoaquinCounty recently celebrated its 175th Anniversary —and also just hired its first ever County PIO. 🤦🏽♀️
Update on the tragic mass shooting that happened in the #SanJoaquinValley over the weekend. This outlet, #Stocktonia, is a local nonprofit news startup that regularly Outshines what’s left of the Legacy outlets in this #CA interior region: stocktonia.org/news/public-...
8-year-old shooting victim identified as Stockton Unified student - Stocktonia News
The violence left four people dead — three of them children — and at least 11 others wounded in what authorities described as a “targeted incident."
stocktonia.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Update on the tragic mass shooting that happened in the #SanJoaquinValley over the weekend. This outlet, #Stocktonia, is a local nonprofit news startup that regularly Outshines what’s left of the Legacy outlets in this #CA interior region: stocktonia.org/news/public-...
PS: I’m not alone in pointing out a few times since March 2025 as 47 and Stephen Miller—who is so Racist it has made him Mentally Ill—unleashed #ICE here in my home state BUT it bears repeating: The majority of voters (including thousands of Latinos) in #SanJoaquinValley voted for DJT. 🤦🏽♀️🥴🌅
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
PS: I’m not alone in pointing out a few times since March 2025 as 47 and Stephen Miller—who is so Racist it has made him Mentally Ill—unleashed #ICE here in my home state BUT it bears repeating: The majority of voters (including thousands of Latinos) in #SanJoaquinValley voted for DJT. 🤦🏽♀️🥴🌅
The #SanJoaquinValley is engine of CA’s 60B annual Ag economy. I covered this 8 county region during the ‘90s @fresnobee.com, including the small town featured here. This @calmatters.org deep dive asks a key Q: What if the farmworkers Traumatized by 47 don’t return? calmatters.org/economy/2025...
How fear of Trump's immigration blitz is changing life in California farm towns
Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation. People panicked when probation agents in gr...
calmatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The #SanJoaquinValley is engine of CA’s 60B annual Ag economy. I covered this 8 county region during the ‘90s @fresnobee.com, including the small town featured here. This @calmatters.org deep dive asks a key Q: What if the farmworkers Traumatized by 47 don’t return? calmatters.org/economy/2025...
Worse Than the Big One: the Great #Flood of 1862. #AtmosphericRivers 40 straight days from Oregon to San Diego. #SanJoaquinValley became inland sea 300 miles long. #Sacramento under water 6 mos. Killed 1% of #California population.
Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2023/01/04/w...
Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2023/01/04/w...
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Worse Than the Big One: the Great #Flood of 1862. #AtmosphericRivers 40 straight days from Oregon to San Diego. #SanJoaquinValley became inland sea 300 miles long. #Sacramento under water 6 mos. Killed 1% of #California population.
Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2023/01/04/w...
Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2023/01/04/w...
Yesterday at the American Pistachio Growers’ seminar, Geoff Vanden Heuvel presented on behalf of the #sanjoaquinvalley Water Blueprint.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yesterday at the American Pistachio Growers’ seminar, Geoff Vanden Heuvel presented on behalf of the #sanjoaquinvalley Water Blueprint.
Great idea! #MAGA will further harm its *Red District* California voters in the #SanJoaquinValley, #ImperialValley, and far #NorCal counties by shuttering supply chains.
California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials say.
California revokes 17,000 commercial driver's licenses for immigrants
The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Great idea! #MAGA will further harm its *Red District* California voters in the #SanJoaquinValley, #ImperialValley, and far #NorCal counties by shuttering supply chains.
#SanJoaquinValley stands to face "devastating" #health fallout from "#BigBeautifulBill cuts to #Medicaid, two CA state assembly members predict. theintersectionreports.org/big-beautifu...
“Big Beautiful Bill” fallout could be “devastating” to Valley health care, Assembly members say - The Intersection
The chairwoman of the California State Assembly’s Health Committee said changes to the federal Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents could strip as many as 400,000 San Joaquin Val...
theintersectionreports.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#SanJoaquinValley stands to face "devastating" #health fallout from "#BigBeautifulBill cuts to #Medicaid, two CA state assembly members predict. theintersectionreports.org/big-beautifu...
4 of my faves from the Fresno Renaissance Faire.
#fresno #renaissance #renfaire #california #centralvalley #sanjoaquinvalley
#fresno #renaissance #renfaire #california #centralvalley #sanjoaquinvalley
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
4 of my faves from the Fresno Renaissance Faire.
#fresno #renaissance #renfaire #california #centralvalley #sanjoaquinvalley
#fresno #renaissance #renfaire #california #centralvalley #sanjoaquinvalley
Your voice can help shape California’s clean, affordable, and accessible transportation future!
Be part of the ZEV Equity Workshop with GO-Biz and community partners on Nov. 13, 4–6 PM.
Register here: bit.ly/49uTzzl
#ZEVEquity #CleanTransportation #SanJoaquinValley
Be part of the ZEV Equity Workshop with GO-Biz and community partners on Nov. 13, 4–6 PM.
Register here: bit.ly/49uTzzl
#ZEVEquity #CleanTransportation #SanJoaquinValley
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Your voice can help shape California’s clean, affordable, and accessible transportation future!
Be part of the ZEV Equity Workshop with GO-Biz and community partners on Nov. 13, 4–6 PM.
Register here: bit.ly/49uTzzl
#ZEVEquity #CleanTransportation #SanJoaquinValley
Be part of the ZEV Equity Workshop with GO-Biz and community partners on Nov. 13, 4–6 PM.
Register here: bit.ly/49uTzzl
#ZEVEquity #CleanTransportation #SanJoaquinValley
#Obesity rates in #California and the #SanJoaquinValley are significantly higher among #Latinos than the overall population - a possible harbinger of broader #health concerns. For the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative: theintersectionreports.org/latinos-in-t...
Latinos in the San Joaquin Valley face higher obesity rates than non-Latinos. That carries broad health implications - The Intersection
The San Joaquin Valley’s Latino population is experiencing obesity rates that significantly exceed non-Latinos among both adults and children – a disparity that carries with it broader health implicat...
theintersectionreports.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Obesity rates in #California and the #SanJoaquinValley are significantly higher among #Latinos than the overall population - a possible harbinger of broader #health concerns. For the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative: theintersectionreports.org/latinos-in-t...
A farm in the #SanJoaquinValley, viewed from the #PhilipSRaineRestArea
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A farm in the #SanJoaquinValley, viewed from the #PhilipSRaineRestArea
Not to say that the #SanJoaquinValley is the SFBA, only pointing out that statewide, there are many, many geographical, socioeconomic, and cultural-political distinctions as to boggle the mind!
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Not to say that the #SanJoaquinValley is the SFBA, only pointing out that statewide, there are many, many geographical, socioeconomic, and cultural-political distinctions as to boggle the mind!
For Central Valley Journalism Collaborative: More than 291,000 #SanJoaquinValley residents already have no health insurance. Expiration of #AffordableCareAct expanded tax credits could raise that number even higher by making coverage more expensive. theintersectionreports.org/expiration-o...
Expiration of COVID-era tax credits could spike health insurance costs by more than double for lower-income Valley residents - The Intersection
Almost 185,000 lower-income San Joaquin Valley residents – and nearly 2 million statewide – who purchase health insurance through Covered California will see their monthly premiums skyrocket in Januar...
theintersectionreports.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For Central Valley Journalism Collaborative: More than 291,000 #SanJoaquinValley residents already have no health insurance. Expiration of #AffordableCareAct expanded tax credits could raise that number even higher by making coverage more expensive. theintersectionreports.org/expiration-o...
#WestNileVirus, carried by mosquitoes and transmitted through their bites to people, has killed three people in the #SanJoaquinValley so far in 2025. My report for the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative (Photo: U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
theintersectionreports.org/west-nile-vi...
theintersectionreports.org/west-nile-vi...
West Nile virus, spread by mosquitoes, claims a third life in the San Joaquin Valley - The Intersection
West Nile virus, a disease that is typically transmitted to people by mosquitos that have fed on blood from infected birds, has so far killed four California residents in 2025, including three in the ...
theintersectionreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#WestNileVirus, carried by mosquitoes and transmitted through their bites to people, has killed three people in the #SanJoaquinValley so far in 2025. My report for the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative (Photo: U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
theintersectionreports.org/west-nile-vi...
theintersectionreports.org/west-nile-vi...
#Nursing residencies extend training, support and boost retention for new #hospital nurses in the #SanJoaquinValley and nationwide. One of my latest for the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative: theintersectionreports.org/hospital-res...
Hospital residencies provide experience, support for new nursing graduates. They also boost retention and improve patient care - The Intersection
Up and down the San Joaquin Valley, hospital programs for newly-hired registered nurses are providing a year of additional training and experience beyond what they received en route to their nursing d...
theintersectionreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Nursing residencies extend training, support and boost retention for new #hospital nurses in the #SanJoaquinValley and nationwide. One of my latest for the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative: theintersectionreports.org/hospital-res...