
Grace Hase
Reporter at The Mercury News
Reporter @mercnews covering Santa Clara County/Santa Clara | #MizzouMade | Organizing @mercnewsguild | Tips: [email protected]
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4 days ago |
sacbee.com | Grace Hase
As part of a broader initiative to crack down on wage theft and other labor law violations, Santa Clara County is suing a string of Metro by T-Mobile stores that they say have been exploiting workers as young as 14. The allegations against the five shops, which are located in East San Jose and Milpitas, date back to 2021.
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4 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Grace Hase
The county is looking to crack down on businesses that violate labor laws
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Grace Hase
Santa Clara could soon join the ranks of Silicon Valley cities that charge shoppers and diners visiting downtown for parking. But the proposal, which is still in its infancy, is already creating concern for small business owners who worry it will threaten their livelihoods. City leaders have been mulling whether to charge for parking for several years now as a way to create an additional revenue stream for Santa Clara’s strained coffers.
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1 week ago |
sacbee.com | Grace Hase
Following an alarming report that revealed devastating health disparities in Santa Clara County’s Latino population, several San Jose councilmembers want to put a temporary ban on new smoke shops in the city, in hopes of preventing the further sprawl of the tobacco retailers that have populated the East Side.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Grace Hase
Will San Jose put a temporary ban on new smoke shops? A recent report found the density of tobacco retailers in East San Jose was more than double than that of the rest of the county
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