AACI will host its virtual annual fundraiser Better Together 2021 on Thursday, August 26, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with the goal of raising over $200,000.
Election creates void on San Jose City Council for Vietnamese community
January 28, 2021
Vietnamese residents receive information during a Tết event ahead of last year s census count. Photo courtesy of Census 2020 San Jose Counts.
From the sensory delights of Little Saigon to colorful celebrations at Lion Square, the influence of the Vietnamese community is seeped in San Jose except on the City Council.
Following November’s election, San Jose where more than 1 in 10 residents is Vietnamese no longer has a councilmember representing the community, leaving leaders with mixed feelings. Some see it as a loss while others say they are waiting for a strong candidate to step up.
Bay Area caregivers for Alzheimer s patients share the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic it has had on their family. My mother lives with four adults, two of whom will fly to Oregon for a family gathering, and two of whom are flying to the Midwest, Baessler explains, concerned they could infect her mother with COVID-19 when they return home. That s playing very badly in my gut. I can t kidnap my mother but I think that would be really ill-advised. My stomach s in knots thinking about family. I know I m not alone, Baessler adds.
For Kirstin Hernandez and Andre Ramos, Thanksgiving and Christmas were spent at home, a disappointment for their three young children, who are used to their annual holiday trips to Hernandez s family in Bakersfield. They made up for it by buying a trampoline.
Dispatches from the alley on local vendors, authors, plays and a dying strip mall
December 30, 2020 by Gary Singh
THIS OLD HAUNT: The Sept. 16, 2020 column about Cambrian Park Plaza hit home for many Alleys readers this year.
Photo by Gary Singh
Even though 2020 was one of the worst years on record, the Alley denizen did not give up. He celebrated local heroes, hit a personal milestone, mourned the dead, hit a few unexpected home runs and found gratitude.
As the pandemic settled in, local folks did the best they could to soldier through it all. In fact, I used that phrase a few times. Scott s Seafood, Tony & Alba s, Academic Coffee, Streetlight Records, New Ballet San Jose and the public library all showed up in this space. In the latter case, library employees 3D-printed masks for front-line workers. No one knew how long shelter-in-place would last.