https://vietvalley.com Vietnamese American Community News, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Bay Area Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:12:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 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-bathrooms-may-soon-have-sex-trafficking-signs/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:12:33 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-bathrooms-may-soon-have-sex-trafficking-signs/ A local official wants to put an end to sex trafficking in San Jose. San Jose Councilmember Bien Doan wants to create a sex trafficking awareness campaign in public restrooms throughout the city. Notices would be posted by bathroom mirrors and in stalls with phone numbers for victims to call or people to report incidents. …]]> https://vietvalley.com/tempers-flare-over-silicon-valley-school-district-map/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:14:11 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/tempers-flare-over-silicon-valley-school-district-map/ A recent Silicon Valley school board meeting erupted into yelling, chanting and an arrest over changes to trustee elections. The Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) board of trustees unanimously finalized the switch from “at large” to by-area trustee elections Wednesday night. Starting this November, voters will elect trustees by area to avoid a potential lawsuit for …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-recount-closing-in-on-final-tally/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:12:43 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-recount-closing-in-on-final-tally/ The recount to replace Rep. Anna Eshoo’s congressional seat is coming to a close, but it will still be days before results are finalized. Santa Clara County, which represents 80% of Congressional District 16, is almost done rescanning all of its ballots. San Mateo County completed its rescanning on Wednesday. Still, dozens of challenged ballots …]]> https://vietvalley.com/video-san-jose-hoi-luan-chong-quyet-dinh-1334-tu-nha-cam-quyen-viet-nam/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:27:21 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/?p=50511 Ngày 10 tháng 11, 2023 Phó Thủ tướng CSVN Trần Lưu Quang đã ký Quyết Định 1334/QĐ-TTg về đề án “phát huy nguồn lực của người Việt Nam ở nước ngoài phục vụ phát triển đất nước trong tình hình mới”. Theo nhiều người, đây là âm mưu tinh vi và vô cùng thâm độc của CSVN …]]> https://vietvalley.com/prep-begins-for-santa-clara-bart-extension/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:12:54 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/prep-begins-for-santa-clara-bart-extension/ BART’s expansion through Silicon Valley is taking shape as pre-construction work gets underway in Santa Clara. VTA workers have started on-site preparations for phase two of BART’s expansion at the Newhall Maintenance Facility. That includes setting up temporary field offices, bringing in equipment and preparations to begin drilling the tunnel. The 6-mile extension, most of …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-recount-cant-be-refunded/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:12:48 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-recount-cant-be-refunded/ A week after an expensive and highly-criticized recount of ballots began in a tied congressional race, the California Secretary of State says the requester will not get his money back. Santa Clara and San Mateo counties jointly sought guidance from the state about whether the recount requester, Jonathan Padilla, would get reimbursed if the Congressional …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-district-16-recount-finds-missing-ballots/ Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:12:45 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-district-16-recount-finds-missing-ballots/ Several uncounted ballots are undergoing additional review as part of the Silicon Valley congressional race recount. Jonathan Padilla, the requestor behind the recount for the California’s Congressional District 16 race to replace Rep. Anna Eshoo, said 20 ballots have been “improperly excluded from the count.” Padilla’s request comes after Assemblymember Evan Low and Joe Simitian …]]> https://vietvalley.com/federal-complaint-filed-against-san-jose-congressional-candidate-sam-liccardo/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:12:39 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/federal-complaint-filed-against-san-jose-congressional-candidate-sam-liccardo/ Silicon Valley congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is facing a complaint with the federal election commission alleging his campaign is coordinating a “dark money” effort to fund a highly-criticized recount in the Congressional District 16 race.  Max Zarzana, a 25-year prosecutor and president of the Santa Clara County Government Attorneys Association, filed a complaint with federal …]]> https://vietvalley.com/santa-clara-county-wants-state-to-stop-trauma-center-closure/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:12:47 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/santa-clara-county-wants-state-to-stop-trauma-center-closure/ Santa Clara County leaders are calling on state officials to stop a for-profit hospital from closing one of the county’s only trauma centers. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to send a report to the state on the impact of closing Regional Medical Center’s trauma center in East San Jose. County hospitals have …]]> https://vietvalley.com/super-pac-pays-for-silicon-valley-congressional-recount/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:14:07 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/super-pac-pays-for-silicon-valley-congressional-recount/ A new political action committee was formed to pay for a recount of the contentious Congressional District 16 race, further obscuring who is actually funding the effort. The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has been receiving checks from Count the Vote, an independent expenditure committee, or super PAC, to help fund the highly scrutinized …]]> https://vietvalley.com/santa-clara-county-to-study-ban-on-artificial-turf/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:12:43 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/santa-clara-county-to-study-ban-on-artificial-turf/ Santa Clara County may need an abundance of lawn mowers if artificial turf is banned on public playing fields. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 3-2 to study the ramifications of artificial turf on county land, with Board President Susan Ellenberg and Supervisor Cindy Chavez voting no. The proposal came from …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-water-supplier-plans-rate-hikes/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:13:21 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-water-supplier-plans-rate-hikes/ Santa Clara County residents could see higher water bills in the upcoming year, as one water agency looks for ways to cover costs. Valley Water, the region’s main water supplier, is proposing raising groundwater production charges on cities and private water retailers. The increase will be passed on to household ratepayers through local water companies such …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-community-colleges-newest-chancellor-is-familiar-face/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:12:16 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-community-colleges-newest-chancellor-is-familiar-face/ After a national search, a local community college district has selected one of its own as chancellor. The San Jose-Evergreen Community College District board of trustees unanimously appointed Beatriz Chaidez — who’s acted as interim chancellor since July — as permanent chancellor last week with an annual salary of $385,360. Board President Tony Alexander said …]]> https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-race-recount-begins/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:13:00 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/silicon-valley-congressional-race-recount-begins/ In a massive warehouse behind the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, election workers are pulling hundreds of boxes from storage to begin the recount for the highly-anticipated race to replace Rep. Anna Eshoo’s Silicon Valley congressional seat. The first day of the Congressional District 16 recount is one of preparation, rather than retabulation. About 30 …]]> https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-airport-adapts-to-new-world-of-travel/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:12:33 +0000 https://vietvalley.com/san-jose-airport-adapts-to-new-world-of-travel/ Ridership is climbing back up across Bay Area airports after COVID-19 sent traffic plummeting, and the battle for airway dominance is intensifying. Oakland officials this week approved renaming its airport to include “San Francisco” in the title, provoking a lawsuit from the region’s dominant competitor across the bay, San Francisco International. But it also raises …]]>