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Labor rights, controversial Yelp reviews and school funding highlight the Peninsula Report (PODCAST)

Leave a Comment / Business & Money, Culture & Features, Frontpage Featured, Multimedia, Politics & Gov / By Kathryn Roethel

Is Yelp hiding small businesses’ good reviews? Will schools ever see promised funds from redevelopment agencies? What are the lives of “the help” — domestic workers in the Bay Area — like today? Find out on the Peninsula Report podcast.

‘The Help’ Today — Domestic workers care for American children, often leaving their own

Leave a Comment / Culture & Features, Frontpage Featured, Multimedia, Politics & Gov / By Kathryn Roethel

Enma Delgado cleans homes and cares for children in San Francisco. She left three children of her own in El Salvador and sends money and packages home to help support them.

‘The Help’ Today — Bay Area domestic workers advocate for fair labor practices (VIDEO)

Leave a Comment / Culture & Features, Frontpage Featured, Multimedia, Politics & Gov / By Kathryn Roethel

The appearance and of today’s typical domestic worker has changed since the 1960s era of “The Help,” but working conditions for those who clean and care for children and the elderly can still be difficult.