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Vietnamese News - San José Spotlight
Sep 4, 2024 · A worker in the San Jose mayor’s office is caught in a political storm surging through Little Saigon’s war refugee generation over claims of communist sympathies. Tara Dang, who conducts neighborhood outreach for Mayor Matt Mahan in a city with the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam, sued 8 people in May for defamation.
Community News - San José Spotlight
Oct 7, 2024 · San Jose police program in the spotlight after officer death. Police officers across Silicon Valley are mourning San Jose’s first community service officer killed in the line of duty — a gesture to how integral these officers have become in a city that struggles to fill its police ranks. Long Pham, a community service officer with the San ...
San Jose Politics & Government News - San José Spotlight
6 days ago · Santa Clara County elections officials have taken down a Vietnamese language billboard in San Jose’s Little Saigon neighborhood, after passing drivers noticed it advertised the wrong election date. Until this month, the billboard on Story Road read “Bầu cử sơ bộ (Primary election)” and “Ngày 5 tháng Ba, 2024 (March 5, 2024).”.
Sunnyvale News - San José Spotlight
Sep 27, 2024 · The Sunnyvale City Council will make decisions on housing, transit and the city’s budget in the near future — and candidates seeking elected office are sharing their approaches to governing. Sunnyvale voters attended a candidate forum on Sept. 18, hosted by San José Spotlight, where two mayoral candidates and five of six council candidates ...
Vietnamese News - San José Spotlight
Feb 6, 2024 · San Jose war monument marks milestone for Vietnamese community. A long delayed monument to fallen Vietnam War fighters will finally be unveiled at San Jose’s Vietnamese Heritage Garden, a planned cultural gathering space waylaid by community divide. The life-size statue of two armed soldiers — one American and one South Vietnamese — could ...
Here’s who’s running for Santa Clara County supervisor
Jan 2, 2024 · Here’s a roundup of Santa Clara County candidates running in the primary: District 2. With Supervisor Cindy Chavez terming out, there are five candidates seeking to fill her seat and represent the district centered in San Jose, which includes swaths of downtown and East San Jose. Alum Rock Union School District board member Corina Herrera ...
Here’s who’s running for San Jose City Council and mayor
Dec 21, 2023 · Half of the San Jose City Council’s seats—all the even-numbered districts—are up for election this cycle, as well as Mayor Matt Mahan’s seat. Districts 2 and 6 are open seats, with current officeholders terming out, while Districts 4, 8 and 10 have incumbents running for reelection: David Cohen, Domingo Candelas and Arjun Batra ...
San Jose Elections & Election News - San José Spotlight
Aug 11, 2024 · Silicon Valley voters this November will cast ballots in one of the region’s most consequential elections: From deciding who to send to Washington to a historic county supervisorial election, there is no shortage of major decisions up and down the ballot. Elections Sunnyvale. October 11, 2024 by B. Sakura Cannestra.
Say hello to San Jose's new mayor - San José Spotlight
Jan 3, 2023 · Get San José Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. A photo hanging in the lobby of San Jose City Hall still lists Mayor Matt Mahan as the District 10 councilmember. While the title will be updated soon, Mahan, who was sworn in on Dec. 29 and took the helm Sunday, isn’t waiting around. With a limited two-year term ahead of him, Mahan ...