La Colonia is half a square mile of land separated from the rest of Oxnard by the railroad tracks and home to the people who keep an agricultural empire running.
As one Colonia native put it, "We.
It was a home to Cesar Chavez and a campaign stop for presidential candidate Robert Kennedy.
Back then, it was the place to get the best raspadas on Earth.
In decades past, milpas of corn and squash grew in tiny front yards, kids played in the alleys and neighbors ran tortillerias out of their homes.
La Colonia is half a square mile of land separated from the rest of Oxnard by the railroad tracks and home to the people who keep an agricultural empire running