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Oct. 28, 2019

Innate sense of justice

Being a former labor lawyer and a child of farmworkers influenced Judge Ana de Alba.

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Fresno County (Fresno)

FRESNO — One day while her family picked tomatoes in the fields of Merced County, 6-year-old Ana de Alba went to fetch them something to drink only to have her cup filled with dirty water.

“It wasn’t even see-through,” she said.

De Alba complained to one of the supervisors, who picked her up and sat her down her by a 5-gallon jug on a flatbed truck.

“He... (continued)

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