The Grocer on Magnolia Street

For thirty-one years, Raymond Ochoa ran a small grocery store on Magnolia Street in San Antonio. He extended credit to families who came up short at the register, keeping a simple spiral notebook behind the counter. When customers paid him back, he thanked them. When they could not, he never mentioned it again. In 2008, when the recession gutted the neighborhood and three other shops on his block shuttered overnight, Raymond kept his doors open.…