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As she waits for customers to trickle into her clothing store, La Minita, on a Friday afternoon, Maria Ceballos busies herself with altering the hems of jeans her customers have dropped off throughout the week.
The sound of her small sewing machine and radio playing Spanish-language hits, like “Eso y Más” by Joan Sebastian, are the soundtrack to an otherwise quiet store found inside an even quieter discount mall in downtown Watsonville…