https://vietvalley.com Vietnamese News, Culture & Life in San Jose Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://vietvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-512x512_full_white_png-32x32.png https://vietvalley.com 32 32 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-day-center-ceo-helps-people-with-dementia/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-day-center-ceo-helps-people-with-dementia/ Maria Nicolacoudis has dedicated her life to building support programs for adults with disabilities and is taking on what could be her biggest challenge: Providing care for the growing population of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Nicolacoudis is CEO of Hearts & Minds Activity Center in San Jose, a unique …]]> https://vietvalley.com/special-education-cuts-could-strain-teachers-in-santa-clara-county/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:30:04 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/special-education-cuts-could-strain-teachers-in-santa-clara-county/ Special education teachers in Santa Clara County are at a tipping point following a recent round of layoffs — on top of massive cuts last year that left educators managing larger classes of students with serious medical and behavioral needs. Due to declining enrollment, the Santa Clara County Office of Education plans to cut eight …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-joses-largest-school-district-closes-five-schools/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:30:11 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-joses-largest-school-district-closes-five-schools/ Hundreds of parents sat anxiously and silently as they waited for five board members in San Jose’s largest school district to determine the fate of their children’s future — and then the room erupted with “shame on you.” The San Jose Unified School District voted 3-2 Thursday to close five schools next school year, following …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-race-grapples-with-integrity/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:30:05 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-race-grapples-with-integrity/ Integrity has become the theme of Silicon Valley’s hottest congressional race between Rep. Ro Khanna and his challenger, Ethan Agarwal, who’s ripped into Khanna over family ties to stock trading. Yet questions are emerging about Agarwal’s own past as a tech company founder — dogged by millions of dollars in legal debts, defaulted payments and …]]> https://vietvalley.com/new-south-bay-power-substation-to-be-built-at-existing-site/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:30:04 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/new-south-bay-power-substation-to-be-built-at-existing-site/ Environmental advocates are claiming victory in a two-year fight to keep an energy substation away from wildlife corridors in the stretches of open space south of San Jose known as Coyote Valley. The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously March 19 to allow LS Power Grid California to construct a transmission line and terminals at …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-airport-unaffected-by-tsa-lines-or-ice/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:30:10 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-airport-unaffected-by-tsa-lines-or-ice/ As travelers experience chaos, lines trailing around terminals and federal immigration agents in major airports across the country, San Jose Mineta International Airport remains calm and void of agents. Travelers breezed through security lines in San Jose Monday as President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to more than a dozen major airports, including Houston’s …]]> https://vietvalley.com/meet-the-candidates-running-for-district-7-san-jose-city-council/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/meet-the-candidates-running-for-district-7-san-jose-city-council/ Election season is in full swing in San Jose District 7, where incumbent Councilmember Bien Doan is squaring off against three challengers, including two bitter rivals. The three challengers aiming to unseat Doan include City Hall staffer Hanh-Giao “HG” Nguyen, youth sports leader Rafael Garcia and Van Le, an East Side Union High School District trustee. …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-prepares-to-strip-public-tributes-to-cesar-chavez/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:30:05 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-prepares-to-strip-public-tributes-to-cesar-chavez/ Less than a week after shocking revelations upended the legacy of Cesar Chavez, San Jose has begun to firm up plans to remove his name and likeness from publicly-owned properties that honor the late labor leader. These plans are laid out in a memo set to go before the city’s Rules and Open Government Committee …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-social-workers-meet-clients-in-secret-due-to-ice-fears/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:30:07 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-social-workers-meet-clients-in-secret-due-to-ice-fears/ As fears of federal agent encounters grow and immigrant families avoid leaving home, workers in Santa Clara County are finding creative ways to meet clients in safe spaces. That community effort has formed an underground support network where social workers shift visits to odd hours of the night, connect with clients in private settings like …]]> https://vietvalley.com/will-matt-mahans-solutions-to-homelessness-work-for-california/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:30:09 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/will-matt-mahans-solutions-to-homelessness-work-for-california/ If San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan becomes California’s next governor, policy experts say some homeless solutions he has implemented in Silicon Valley’s largest city could work — but others may fall flat. Mahan has scaled up production of tiny homes, more than doubling the number of beds it operates last year to get people off …]]> https://vietvalley.com/only-two-santa-clara-county-races-are-competitive/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:30:14 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/only-two-santa-clara-county-races-are-competitive/ Several top Santa Clara County officials are running for reelection unchallenged this year — but two incumbents will have to fight for their county-level seats. District Attorney Jeff Rosen and District 1 Supervisor Sylvia Arenas — whose district covers Morgan Hill, Gilroy, unincorporated San Martin and portions of South San Jose — will have to …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-labor-leaders-legacy-crushed-by-painful-allegations/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:30:05 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-labor-leaders-legacy-crushed-by-painful-allegations/ The San Jose community is grappling with allegations that labor leader Cesar Chavez abused women and children. The claims hit close to home for Northern California’s largest city, which which was home to the late UFW co-founder and icon. Shocking allegations against Chavez claiming he abused young women and children have drawn condemnation from local …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-tax-would-raise-funds-to-protect-open-space/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-tax-would-raise-funds-to-protect-open-space/ Santa Clara County residents will vote on yet another tax measure this year — but instead of hospitals, they’ll be asked to help expand public access and protect wildlife along Silicon Valley’s sweeping foothills, woodlands and grasslands. Voters in June will be asked to accept a tax of two cents per square foot of building …]]> https://vietvalley.com/meet-the-candidates-running-for-district-5-san-jose-city-council/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:30:13 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/meet-the-candidates-running-for-district-5-san-jose-city-council/ As the June primary approaches, the four contenders for District 5’s City Council seat are sharpening their political pitches to the voters of East San Jose. The district’s incumbent, Councilmember Peter Ortiz, is defending his seat against three challengers — local education leader Karen Martinez, broadcast journalist Vy Dang and Nora Campos, a former San …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-candidates-share-plans-at-district-9-forum/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:30:04 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-candidates-share-plans-at-district-9-forum/ Candidates running to represent District 9 on the San Jose City Council shared competing visions for public safety, housing and the city’s finances during a candidate forum. The March 9 discussion, hosted by San José Spotlight and the League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara, brought five candidates to the Camden Community Center to …]]>