East Palo Alto’s battle to thrive: The ‘growing pains’ of a young, majority-minority city

As he drove through East Palo Alto, Mayor Ruben Abrica pointed out the markers of change: the recently renamed grocery store; multimillion-dollar homes that used to be moderately priced; new businesses at the Edgewood Plaza.. 

There are other signs of the passage of time: It’s not just rising housing prices or the presence of large retailers. The people have changed too.