Business
SAN FRANCISCO —
SAN FRANCISCO — Asian food businesses urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to diversify its marketing and contracting programs to include food and crops from the Asian community who make up 15.5% of the population in California and 7.2% across the nation.
(SAN FRANCISCO) The popular Sunset Night Market created by Supervisor Joel Engardio in 2023 will return in 2024 with three night events on August 30, September 21 and 27. The Irving Street venue will be kept for two night markets and expanded to seven blocks aiming to accommodate 125 to 150 vendors.
(SAN FRANCISCO) After 40 years in business, Lee’s Deli fast food restaurant closed all of its 14 locations in San Francisco downtown starting 2023 and ending in February 2024. The restaurant also owed wages from its workers. 17 of them were not able to recover their unpaid wages until recently through the advocacy of the Chinese Progressive Association and a group of workers rights organizations.
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