Full Forecast Subscribe Now Home. Following the migrant farm-workers from west-central Mexico to Central California, she accords space to the issues of migrant workers in Santa Cruz County, particularly the housing shortage and the fact that the cheap migrant labor force is also the backbone of the tourist industry here. Following the migrant farm-workers from west-central Mexico to Central California, she accords space to the issues of migrant workers in Santa Cruz County, particularly...

Other inventions include prosthetic limbs that cost only $30, and charcoal made from sugarcane stalks that substitutes for wood and helps prevent deforestation. For example, a simple ceramic pot nestled within a larger pot is a low-cost refrigeration system for fresh produce. It's a personal mobile water-purification tool that turns any surface water into safe drinking water. Suppose you put your energies into creating a bike that really had a big impact on people's lives?" Smith says....

They're serranos, habaneros, and Thai hots ("They scare the heck out of me," she confides) and aside from jazzing up my "chuletas a la criolla" (pork chops smothered in a red creole sauce) they show how much things have changed here. Facing out on Market Street, Ballard's main drag, the cafe is housed in a renovated early 20th century building of a sort -- red brick, sturdy, no-nonsense -- that is quintessentially Ballard. Popularly known as the Ballard Locks, the facility turned the...