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Should Farmworkers Be Allowed to Pick Wine Grapes in Wildfire Evacuation Zones?

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Charred hills are seen near vineyards in Sonoma Valley on Nov. 7, 2017. Local wineries such as Buena Vista were close to the flames. (Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)

A full transcript will be available 1–2 workdays after the episode’s publication.

Sonoma County will now allow wine grape harvests in fire evacuation zones for some farmworkers, in a reversal of a contentious 2022 decision. The Press Democrat’s Phil Barber explains how it happened.


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