‘Berry new’ food trailer blooms downtown

A year and a half ago, after finishing chemotherapy, Mandy Vela’s daughter introduced her to the health benefits of açaí bowls, and a new idea began to bloom. After a year of planning and refurbishing a 1979 vintage trailer, Bloom Berries opened for business on Monday, June 22 in the lot at 119 W. California Street, between Nutthouse Designs and the Wild Hare Salon.

“We stayed busy all day,” said V…