Bay Area Vietnamese Promote Uprising in Vietnam
Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group admitted to releasing toxins that killed more than 100 tons of fish along the north-central Vietnam coast; San Jose …
Category: Demographics
San Jose Author: Being Vietnamese in America Not So ‘Eazy’
By Sharon Simonson SAN JOSE—For Vietnamese-American author Trami Nguyen Cron, the irony weighs heavy. Vietnamese people, whether refugees or immigrants, …
Judge: Former Councilmember Madison Nguyen Guilty of ‘Political Miscalculation,’ Not Misconduct in Naming Vietnamese Business District
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Chiarello says San Jose City has had consistent open-meeting act problems when council people issue joint …
President’s Visit Evokes Pleasure, Pain for Silicon Valley Vietnamese
Did President Obama seek to hearten the Vietnamese people or to make sales for U.S. companies By Sharon Simonson Pride and hope, disdain and despair fought …
70,000 New Homes But Still Not Enough
By Sharon Simonson Same as it ever was. Even with nearly 70,000 new homes built in the Bay Area in the last five years, according to new U.S. Census Bureau …
East Bay Boom-o-rama; Silicon Valley Slip
Has the pendulum swung? By Sharon Simonson East Bay suburbs are leading national population growth even as traditionally prestigious Silicon Valley …
San Jose Wants Immigrants to Feel At Home
By Sharon Simonson An immigration museum in the vein of Ellis Island and “immigrant community centers” are among the approaches the city of San Jose is …