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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Yahoo
Shoppers react to pedestrian-only Pike Place Market pilot
Last week, Pike Place Market announced it would be testing out a vehicle-free, pedestrian-only market, which has been met with mixed reactions. Several folks who spoke to KIRO 7 said their biggest issue with the vehicle restrictions was finding parking. 'It's a little annoying trying to go down this way,' said Trang Tran of Seattle. 'But it's good for the pedestrians.' Vendor vehicles are still allowed to drive through, but that's it. With the restriction, some shoppers are still afraid that someone could still drive through the market, hurting someone. 'Oh, it's awful, obviously,' said Mark Johnson, whose law office is in Pike Place Market. 'And, you know, I do think they need to close the street to traffic here. Obviously deliveries have to take place, but, you know, it's too risky.' These new concerns were stoked after a 30-year-old man with an 'extensive' mental health history allegedly rammed his SUV into a crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday night. Eleven people were killed, and more than 20 others were injured. ALSO READ: Murder charges filed against suspect in ramming attack on Vancouver street festival that killed 11 The news from Vancouver feels personal for Leila Rosas, who works in the kitchen at her family's Oriental Food Market. 'I'm feeling really sad right now because one of the guys that was performing there [at the Filipino festival] ate here Friday,' Rosas said. She doesn't know if he's okay, or the driver's motive. 'We don't know if it's intentional or whatever,' said Rosas. 'But yeah, we feel really bad.' As for restricting traffic at Pike Place, she says, 'I'm glad they closed that street because if they do that, they would have to come all the way from Pike Street and into the Market.' Others say they don't think banning vehicles will prevent a tragedy like this. 'I mean, if somebody's going to do it, they're going to do it anywhere,' said Laura McComesky of Seattle. 'So, I just think it will be a hardship on the retailers here.' This traffic closure is temporary. It is supposed to last through the summer.
CNBC
24-04-2025
- Business
- CNBC
CNBC's Stock Draft 2025: Wall Street Bound picks Vistra in first-round
Wall Street Bound's Matthew Nunez and Trang Tran join 'Power Lunch' to discuss their stock pick.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Coca-Cola is accused of calling ICE on immigrant workers — but there's no evidence of it
In early 2025, a rumor that Coca-Cola called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on its own immigrant employees began spreading on social media. The claim spread on X, Threads, Reddit, Instagram and Facebook, and it appeared to be especially popular on TikTok, where videos calling for a boycott of Coca-Cola products due to the company's purported actions received millions of views (videos archived here, here, here and here). In one video (archived) with nearly 2 million views, employment lawyer Trang Tran claimed Coca-Cola laid off "thousands of Latin American workers" at the "Cerberus Bottling Plant" in Texas and then called ICE. Some popular videos claimed Coca-Cola attempted to apologize for calling ICE, including a TikTok video in Spanish that received nearly 3 million views and 200,000 likes as of this writing (videos archived here, here and here). These claims were not based in credible evidence. We could not find any proof Coca-Cola called ICE on former or current employees, nor could we find evidence of mass layoffs at a Coca-Cola plant in Texas. Coca-Cola also denied the allegations, and there was no proof of an apology by the company, as asserted by some videos. While people were calling for a boycott of Coca-Cola products over the unsubstantiated rumors, a boycott over separate claims against the company was under way called #LatinoFreezeMovement. Some people appeared to confuse the two calls to action. There was no proof of the scenario alleged in Tran's video — that the company laid off employees en masse and then called ICE on them — which, if it had happened, would have received news coverage from reputable journalists. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, a federal labor and employment law, requires large companies to notify state government officials of mass layoffs, and news outlets can easily access those publicly available alerts. A Google search for "Coca-Cola called ICE on employees" found some articles discussing the rumors, including stories by Newsweek, Distractify and Screenshot Media. However, all of those articles said there was no credible evidence to substantiate the claims about ICE and layoffs. Additionally, if ICE had detained "thousands" of undocumented immigrants with ties to Coca-Cola, as some posts suggested, ICE's total arrest numbers would reflect that alleged sum. During the first two weeks or so of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term, ICE reported daily arrest totals, including a day when agents reportedly arrested about 1,200 people — the highest daily total during that timeframe. There was no evidence of those arrests mostly, or exclusively, being former or current Coca-Cola employees. (The agency has not published daily numbers since Feb. 1, 2025.) Snopes reached out to Coca-Cola Co. by email and shared Tran's video. The company denied the video's allegations. We asked if Coca-Cola has ever called ICE on its own employees, and, if so, if it has apologized for doing so. In an unattributed statement, a spokesperson responded: "The accusation that The Coca-Cola Company called immigration authorities to assist in the separation of undocumented workers is unequivocally false." A search through Coca-Cola's 2024 and 2025 news releases discovered no announcements about mass layoffs or calls to immigration authorities. We also reached out to Tran for comment and will update the story if we receive it. Many popular videos spreading the rumors do not specify where or when Coca-Cola's purported contact with ICE officers occurred. Tran's video, however, claimed Coca-Cola laid off thousands of Latin American workers at the "Cerberus Bottling Plant" in Texas. A Google search for such a plant showed no evidence of it existing. Posts on Reddit, Instagram and X also referred to this purported incident in Texas. A Google search for "Texas Coca-Cola facility layoffs" returned no related articles, except for a 2021 article reporting that Coca-Cola laid off 81 people at a manufacturing and distribution plant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area due to a "consolidating effort." The article did not mention anything about the employees' immigration status or immigration authorities being involved. A Google search for "Texas Coca-Cola ICE calls" also located no results from reputable news sites confirming the rumors. The WARN Act requires large companies to provide "at least 60 calendar days advance written notice of a plant closing and mass layoff affecting 50 or more employees at a single site of employment" to state government officials. A search through Texas' 2025 and 2024 WARN notices found no mention of layoffs at any Coca-Cola facility. Many social media posts combined calls for a Coca-Cola boycott with the ICE rumors. To be clear, there is a grassroots movement to boycott Coca-Cola that began in early 2025, spearheaded by the Latino community, that is unrelated to the claims about ICE. The boycott, known as the #LatinoFreezeMovement, calls on Latino consumers to avoid shopping at American companies that have scaled back efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The initiative includes Coca-Cola on a list of companies to avoid. As of this writing, Coca-Cola had a diversity, equity and inclusion page on its corporate website, but the company may be considering changes to such policies, per a December 2024 proposal submitted to its shareholders. Have more information on this topic? Send us a tip. "Coca Cola 'Cerberus' Bottling Plant - Google Search." 2025, Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. "Coca-Cola Called ICE on Employees - Google Search." Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. DOL. "Plant Closings & Layoffs | U.S. Department of Labor." U.S. Department of Labor, Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. "Latino Freeze Movement." Latino Freeze Movement, 2025, Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. Mahoney, Noi. "Texas Coca-Cola Plant to Close." FreightWaves, 8 Mar. 2021, Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. "Press Releases." The Coca-Cola Company, 30 Apr. 2024, Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. "'Texas' Coca Cola Facility Layoffs - Google Search." Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. "Texas Coca-Cola Ice Calls - Google Search." Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. " X (Formerly Twitter), 27 Jan. 2025, Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. ---. X (Formerly Twitter), Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. "Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Notices (WARN) - Texas Workforce Commission."
