A young woman walks into Monarch Laser in Hayward to get several tattoos removed. She’s planning to start a career as an esthetician and knows that she needs to remove the tattoos on her hands in order to work in such a field.
“That makes it difficult – she needs to clean that up”, says Fran Mincey, of the career challenge the young woman will have with visible tattoos. As
Una joven entra a Monarch Laser en Hayward para quitarse algunos tatuajes. Está planeando empezar una carrera como esteticista y sabe que necesita quitarse los tatuajes que tiene en sus manos para trabajar en dicha industria.
“Eso dificulta las cosas, necesita limpiarlo”, comenta Fran Mincey sobre el desafío que las jóvenes con tatuajes visibles enfrentarán al empezar una carrera.
Mucha gente conoce las bandas Malo, Sapo y la inmortal canción de amor “Suavecito”, que ha sido denominada “El Himno Nacional Chicano”. Pero mucha gente no sabe que esas bandas y la famosa canción tienen sus orígenes en el Area de la Bahía; y que una figura central en la historia del rock latino todavía hace presentaciones locales.
Many people know the bands Malo, Sapo and the enduring love song “Suavecito”, which has been called "The Chicano National Anthem". But many people are not aware that these bands and the famous song have their roots here in the Bay Area – and that a central figure in Latin rock history is still performing locally.
Singer and songwriter Richard Bean grew up in San Francisco and went to Mission High School where he formed a band with famed Latin-Rock guitarist