
Dai Sugano
Staff Photojournalist / Senior Multimedia Editor at The Mercury News
Staff photojournalist at The Mercury News @mercnews in San Jose, Calif.
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sanluisobispo.com | Dai Sugano
Maria Catalan, center, who is founding a co-op of female farmworkers, interacts with attendees before a ceremonial ribbon-cutting during the opening celebration of the Supervisor Sylvia Arenas Women’s Collective Community Garden in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Dai Sugano TNS When María Catalán looks over the 10 acres of hill-side fields in Morgan Hill, she sees the seeds of a vision.
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Unhoused resident, who goes by “Baby Lady” McFarland, talks about why she doesn’t want to stay in homeless shelters during an interview in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Dai Sugano TNS Baby Lady, as she's known on the street in San Jose, has been homeless for nearly eight years. She has little desire to move indoors.
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Bad Witch Crystals owner Theresa Gepila at her shop in San Jose, Calif., on April 9, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Dai Sugano TNS Owning one of San Jose’s most popular crystal shop wasn’t always set in stone for Theresa Gepila. Growing up in Daly City, the 28-year-old never understood the significance of crystals — which are believed by many to hold metaphysical properties and help with people’s physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
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sanluisobispo.com | Dai Sugano
Parishioners Jose Pina of San Jose and his wife, Daniela Pina-Barajas, attend a noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose following the election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Dai Sugano TNS The Catholic Church made history Thursday with the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff.
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miamiherald.com | Dai Sugano
SAN JOSE, Calif. - President Donald Trump's proposal to slash the federal budget includes unprecedented cuts to the nation's largest rental aid program, a move Bay Area housing advocates and officials warn could push thousands of the region's poorest residents to the brink of homelessness. The budget plan released last week calls for a 44% reduction in spending on housing and homelessness programs.
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