Dolores Huerta, the civil rights leader whose work reshaped the lives of farmworkers across the Central Valley, has died at the age of 96. Huerta’s family says she died Wednesday morning at her home in southwest Bakersfield.
Huerta’s fight began in the 1960s in Delano, where she organized farmworkers and co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chávez. Huerta called Bakersfield home, and her work helped shape the lives of farmworkers and families across the Central Valley. Now, the community is mourning her loss.
Olivia Garcia, a professor at Bakersfield College, says Huerta was an important figure…