MARIN CITY, Calif. (KGO) In a normal apartment complex in Marin City, the problems keep piling higher. My kitchen. This is where I cook, said Lana Gasparyan in the small apartment she worries every waking moment about losing.
Gasparyan is a single mother with two young sons, furloughed with from her job, four months behind in rent and has received threatening notices from her landlord. They just don t understand that we are unable to pay rent sometimes, said her teenage son, Ivan I was always on top of everything, explained Gasparyan while standing in her spotless living room.
She is not the only person in trouble at Ridgeway Apartments, and it just got tougher since their landlord, Sacramento nonprofit St. Anton Multifamily, raised the rents beginning next month.
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By Laila Weir - Published on December 18, 2020.
This has been a year of steady calls to support Black-owned businesses, and the holidays can be a great opportunity to vote with our wallets. Below is an incomplete list of Black-owned businesses to check out in the San Jose area this season.
You can begin by pampering yourself and your loved ones with some giftable skin care products and a voucher for a visit to a salon (subject to safety regulations, naturally).
Ice Body Skincare is a mother-daughter team out of Union City that produces hand-made, natural and organic, paraben-free beauty products in small batches.
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