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| US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, center, lends her support to Speaker John Perez, left, during his swearing-in at the California State Capitol, Monday, March 1, 2010. (photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Glide Memorial United Methodist Church secretary Cheryll Page, right, shouts at banner bearers to "hold them high, even if your arms get sore" while waiting for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Freedom March to begin at the CALTRAIN station in San Francisco, Monday, January 15, 2001. (Pico van Houtryve/San Francisco Examiner) |
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| Roseville firefighters battle a fire at a Ross store in Roseville Square, Tuesday, July 11, 2006. (Pico van Houtryve/The Press-Tribune) |
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| Park Merced customer service representative Tina Kharsa uses a flashlight to search for people in an apartment building during a California Energy Crisis rolling blackout at Park Merced, San Francisco, Thursday, January 18, 2001. (Pico van Houtryve/San Francisco Examiner) |
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| Day laborer Francisco Javier of Mexico crawls out from beneath a dilapidated burned-out building he is working to remodel in Oakland, California in 1998. (Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Breast cancer patients Susan Detjens, left, and Linda Watson meditate together following a chi gung wellness support group. Ten years after defeating breast cancer, Watson died from a resurgence of cancer approximately one year after this photograph was taken. (May 2000 photo © Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Sister Amatullah Al-Marwani cries during her talk at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco's Civic Center during a "Day of Remembrance" for "9-11," Monday, September 17, 2001. (Pico van Houtryve/San Francisco Examiner) |
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| Homeless and in love: Katherine Menefield, 57, gives her boyfriend, Floyd Thomas, 51, a kiss during breakfast at Lil Joe’s, 1701 Del Paso. Blvd., North Sacramento, California. (photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Raoul Adamchak teaches organic farming at the University of California, Davis. His wife, Pam Ronald, heads the UC Davis Plant Genomics Program research lab at UC Davis. (photo by Pico van Houtyve for The Progressive Farmer) |
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