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His father had been a welder and his mother a cannery worker.
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Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
After her parents’ divorce, Huerta’s grandfather helped raise her and her two brothers while her mother, Alicia Fernandez, waited tables during the day and pulled nighttime shifts at a cannery.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Now more than 50,000 tons of peaches under contract with Del Monte and delivered to its Modesto cannery from last summer’s harvest remain without a buyer.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The association says the nearest cannery, Pacific Coast Producers, plans to rely instead on one-year cash contracts to maximize production at its existing facilities.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
After her parents’ divorce, Huerta’s grandfather helped raise her and her two brothers while her mother, Alicia Fernandez, waited tables during the day and pulled nighttime shifts at a cannery.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Now more than 50,000 tons of peaches under contract with Del Monte and delivered to its Modesto cannery from last summer’s harvest remain without a buyer.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The association says the nearest cannery, Pacific Coast Producers, plans to rely instead on one-year cash contracts to maximize production at its existing facilities.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Cannery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannery. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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