Independence Day festivities return to many Bay Area locations
Independence Day festivities return to many Bay Area locations
Independence Day festivities are returning to many Bay Area locations after a year off due to the pandemic.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Independence Day festivities are back in the Bay Area, but only some activities will be resuming this Fourth of July.
At California s Great America in Santa Clara, the Fourth of July fireworks show will be happening. We re actually making a larger show than we ve done in the past, said Bradley Irish, California s Great America s Entertainment Manager.
On Friday, the pyrotechnics were already set up at the amusement park and ready to go for Sunday s show.
More than 462 people, the majority Indian Americans, provided testimony over seven hours April 29 evening, as the Santa Clara County (California) Human Rights Commission, held a hearing on the divisive issue of caste discrimination and whether it exists in the U.S., particularly in Silicon Valleyâs technology companies.
Protima Pandey, director of the Office of Women s Policy at the County of Santa Clara, kicked off the hearing, stating: âCovid 19 has exposed the inequalities of our society. But make no mistake â they have always existed.â
âAnd now that we know, we must do better,â said Pandey, noting that the hearing was being held during the birth month of Indian social activist BR Ambedkar, who championed the rights of Dalits, often called âuntouchables.â