DA’s Office led prosecution against operator at HMB farm withholding wages By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Dec 1, 2025 Workers at Earthvine Grower, an aquaponics farm in Half Moon Bay. Yelp.com Last year, Gabriel Reyes was working at Earthvine Grower, an aquaponics farm in Half Moon Bay. From August 2024 to January 2025, $10,242 in checks written to him for his labor bounced, and $1,268 owed to his wife, Ofelia, for work with the same company was never paid. Without payment for his work,...

Primarily immigrant, Latino clientele facing increased fear and isolation By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Sep 27, 2025 0 At cultural and mental health nonprofit Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, requests for mental health support from the group’s primarily Latino, immigrant coastside clientele have increased amidst increasingly aggressive anti-immigrant rhetoric and deportation efforts. Over the past few months, the four full-time therapists and five doctoral and master’s student trainees that...

By Ana Mata, Daily Journal staff Nov 1, 2024 State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, spoke about his support of the immigrant community as Election Day approaches, alongside, from left, Redwood City Councilmember Alicia Aguirre, Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, founder of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, and Redwood City Planning Commissioner Maggie Cornejo. Ana Mata/Daily Journal As Election Day approaches and nerves rise, local leaders gathered in front of the mural at Casa Circulo Cultural in North...