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Bay Area Professors’ Latin American Cookbook Tops Amazon Sales
San Francisco Bay Area professors Luz Calvo (right) and Catriona Rueda Esquibel want Mexican-Americans to reclaim their ancestral diet before the Spanish conquest.
U.S.-Born Son of Refugees Tests San Jose’s Appetite for Next-Gen Viet Leaders
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Milpitas, Tracy Lead Bay Area Population Growth
In a top 20 list dominated by cities in Texas and Arizona, the Bay Area’s Milpitas makes a brave showing at 15th in a new U.S. Census Bureau ranking of the fastest-growing incorporated places in the country with more …
Permanente Quarry: Life on the Rocks
Financially beleaguered German mining company HeidelbergCement, owner of Silicon Valley's devastating Permanente Quarry, wants to expand and extend the mine's reclamation to 2060, after the company told county residents …
San Jose Author: Being Vietnamese in America Not So ‘Eazy’
By Sharon Simonson SAN JOSÉ—For Vietnamese American author Trami Nguyen Cron, the irony weighs heavy. Vietnamese people, whether refugees or immigrants, typically have fled their homeland for the United States in …
An Iranian-American Walks Common Ground with West Oakland’s Homeless
By Sharon Simonson The mean streets of West Oakland seem an odd place to uncover kinship and hope. But that’s what Iranian-American filmmaker Amir Soltani found as he made his 95-minute documentary, …
Deconstructing Dia de los Muertos
An altar for Dia de los Muertos, part of a larger exhibit on the fifth floor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose.
African Filmmakers in Silicon Valley Seek to Reframe the Continent
The Silicon Valley African Film Festival brings more than 40 narrative-fiction films, documentaries and animations by African filmmakers to Mountain View, Oct. 16-Oct. 18, including “Eye of the Storm.” …
Modi Speaks in San Jose: The Indian Prime Minister in His Own Words
The Indian prime minister asked his countrymen and women in Silicon Valley to help lift their nation.
Steps In Time
Leap cultural divides at “Dances of Devotion” on Saturday, Sept. 19, with Indian classical dancer Lavanya Ananth (back) and Cambodian classical dancer Charya Burt.
One World Cities
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Growth Happening Here
By Sharon Simonson More Texas cites are growing faster than any others in the nation, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. But the East Bay's Dublin and Milpitas, with land to develop and existing …
San Jose City Adds Vietnamese-American Small Business Advisor
By Sharon Simonson Xuan Ha, former director of San Jose's Vietnamese American Business Association, has joined the city of San Jose’s Small Business Ally Program as a small business coach. She speaks fluent …
Berkeley Workers Bike More Than Anyone Else
By Sharon Simonson A greater proportion of people bike to work in Berkeley than in any other American city with a population of 100,000 or more, according to new calculations from the U.S. Census Bureau. Work …