Well over 70 people — a group made up of local leaders, members of the media and neighborhood residents alike — braved the projected triple-digit forecast Monday morning to get a glimpse of American icon Dolores Huerta at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new city park named after her.
Cameras and phones swarmed around the 95-year-old Huerta as she slowly walked toward the podium. When she finally spoke at Monday morning’s ceremony, she revealed she was unfazed by the heat that day.
Rather than bask in the fame her hard work as an activist has afforded her, which included co-founding the United Farmworkers labor union, Huerta challenged the crowd to continue weathering the heat — much like many of the state’s agricultural workers do everyday…