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Oct 3, 2024 | 
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Longtime San Francisco street vendors open Salvadoran restaurant in Tenderloin SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — For Estrella Gonzalez and her mother, Maria del Carmen Flores, the opening of their restaurant in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is the realization of a long-held dream.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
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Immigrant students in San Francisco overcoming barriers to higher education SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — In the heart of the San Francisco Mission District, a group of immigrant students is taking steps toward higher education, despite the challenges they face because of their status. Allison Romero, a student at Thurgood Marshall High School in San Francisco, fled El Salvador two years ago to escape the violence that gripped her community.
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May 6, 2024 | 
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By Jose Martinez May 5, 2024 / 11:14 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco Treasure Island hosts its first Cinco de Mayo celebration Treasure Island hosts its first Cinco de Mayo celebration 02:47 SAN FRANCISCO -- The festive tunes of Mexican mariachi filled the air at Gold Bar Distillery, marking the first-ever Cinco de Mayo celebration in Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Elliott Gillespie, president of Gold Bar Distillery, was excited. "A lot of our guests asked us to do it.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
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Demonstrators say Lockheed Martin employee threatened them at Sunnyvale protest SUNNYVALE (KPIX) — Thursday morning, the scene outside Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale was one of passionate protest when about 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered to voice their concerns about the aerospace company’s alleged role in the Israel-Hamas war. Among the demonstrators was Kaiyah Ari, who works for a nonprofit and who is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
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BURLINGAME, Calif. (KPIX) – A pair of ex-Caltrain employees are accused of building their own secret homes inside two different stations. They’re also accused of doing it with taxpayer money. A resident who watches the trains go by every day at one of the stations thought historic renovations were taking place at one of the stations.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
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Street vendors deal with uncertainty over proposed bans SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — It’s been one thing after another for street vendors like Gustavo Txin after a temporary street-vending ban was put in place last year in San Francisco’s Mission District last yea and later extended. He operates without a street-vending permit due to its steep price of $454. “We’ve been working here for years without having issues until now,” Txin said.
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Feb 17, 2024 | 
kion546.com | Jose Martinez |José Martinez |Jose Martínez |José Martínez
Demolition ordered for Capitola wharf business badly damaged by waves last winter CAPITOLA, Calif. (KPIX) - As another strong winter storm approaches, the owner of a longtime Capitola business that sustained heavy damage from a storm last year learned that his shop must be demolished. The destructive power of nature was on full display as high waves battered parts of the Capitola Wharf last winter, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
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BY JOSE MARTINEZGILROY -- This year, officials started paying more attention to the deplorable living conditions some Bay Area farmworkers face. KPIX met a family in Gilroy that is just one of many who would benefit from new help being provided by the state. It's a journey that started 35 years ago for Raul Vega. Every day he is in the fields making sure that strawberries can start their trip from the field to Bay Area grocery stores. But for Vega, farming has been more than just a job.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
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Farmworkers struggling with housing to receive assistance from the state GILROY -- This year, officials started paying more attention to the deplorable living conditions some Bay Area farmworkers face. KPIX met a family in Gilroy that is just one of many who would benefit from new help being provided by the state. It's a journey that started 35 years ago for Raul Vega. Every day he is in the fields making sure that strawberries can start their trip from the field to Bay Area grocery stores.
