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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Two years ago this week, 4.5 million of America’s workers enjoyed a modest pay increase, as the federal minimum wage rose from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour. The increase was the final of a three-step boost enacted in 2007. Of those getting a bump in pay, more than three-quarters were adults, nearly two-thirds were women, and nearly half a million were single parents with children under 18.</p>

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   Don’t know if you need any other reason to go to the SD Latino Film Festival than the fact that all the films are excellent, but if you do need inspiration the film “Without Men”, starring Eva Longoria and Kate del Castillo, is “buzzing” on the web due to a

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cuando decidió convertirse en doctor en la universidad, Raúl Trejo sabía que quería volver al sur de San Diego y contribuir con sus conocimientos y pasión por la salud de su comunidad.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Siempre había tenido esa idea, siempre había tenido eso en mente: volver a mi familia y la comunidad que yo conocía”, dijo Trejo. “El sur de San Diego es muy importante para mí”.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ethel Gist bought her dream house and planned to retire to Antioch, Calif. Instead, the 70-year-old lost the house during the height of the foreclosure crisis, and now rents a place with her daughter and two grandchildren.</p>

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