After a Tough Season, Wine Country Famers Are Working to Harvest Grapes

from KQED's The California Report · host KQED

Federal immigration officials could be setting their sights on Sonoma county. A local supervisor says Department of Homeland Security officials asked in a meeting if the sheriff's office would notify DHS when undocumented immigrants are arrested. Shandra Back, KRCB Farmers in wine country have been working at all hours to get their grapes off the vine before they rot. The harvest follows an especially hard season slowed by a cooler summer and made worse by other obstacles including tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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