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East Palo Alto program offers shelter to county’s highest homeless population (VIDEO)

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East Palo Alto is home to the largest per capita homeless population in San Mateo County, with roughly 230 people living on the streets. Project We HOPE runs the city’s only warming shelter.

The Peninsula Press interviewed a number of homeless at the event and visited the “Field of Dreams,” where East Palo Alto’s homeless once camped out in large numbers. Signs of the encampment still exist, and at least one makeshift shelter appears to be in use.

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With farmers’ market and Mi Pueblo grocery store, small East Palo Alto markets must compete (VIDEO)

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East Palo Alto was known as a “food desert” for over 20 years, but that ended when the Mi Pueblo supermarket opened last year. Owners of smaller markets are concerned about the competition.

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In East Palo Alto, mixed martial arts gives one female athlete a fighting chance

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After college graduation, Ashlee Evans-Smith had trouble finding a steady job and paying her bills. She couldn’t afford to keep wrestling – the sport she loved – but she recently found hope in mixed martial arts and the kindness of strangers.

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