The apartments along Lowe Avenue in southeast Fresno sound like a good deal. For about $600 a month you can get two bedrooms, and bad credit won't keep you out.
There are times when Glenda Powell is desperate for money. When cash runs short, she first looks to her daughter or mother for help. Then, if she must, she turns to a payday lender.
Just how profitable is the payday lending business?
For thousands of people in the central San Joaquin Valley, a tomato costs at least a dollar. So does a single roll of toilet paper. That's the price of being poor.
Maria Valencia of Strathmore stands in a long line twice a month to get free fruits and vegetables. Then she packs them in a baby stroller and rolls them to her home several blocks away.
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