At 7:45 a.m., under clear, cool skies, forty jornaleros were waiting for work in the gas station lot. Cars, pickups, flatbeds, delivery trucks, even an old panel truck rode through, stopped, and drove on. Within an hour, more than thirty eses had jobs.

A less fortunate guy dragged an overflowing grocery cart covered in a worn gray blanket across Lincoln and disappeared up Highland.

Save Our State, a militant anti-day laborer group, had canceled today's planned protest against day labor at W. Highland Ave. and Lincoln Dr.