Communities across Northern California celebrated Dia de los Muertos over the weekend.

Dia de los Muertos is an annual holiday, with deep roots in Mexico, when people honor their loved ones.

One farmer has been selling flowers at the Midtown Farmers market, providing one specific flower at the center of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebrations.

Rain or shine, Contreras Farms is at the Midtown Farmers Market every Saturday and has been for more than a decade. But on this dreary Saturday morning in October, many of their regulars were there for one flower in particular.

Marigolds - the bold, fragrant flowers, harvested every October for Dia de los Muertos.

For Contreras Farm owner Jesus Contreras, the flowers are a reminder of the man who first started planting the seeds, br

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