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March 6, 2008
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City Council moves to compromise on Vietnamese retail area
Large crowd, long meeting, no name chosen
By Carol Rosen
Editor
Nearly 300 people spoke to San Jose’s City council members on Tuesday night, the vast majority asking the city to rename an area of retail shops on Story Road “Little Saigon.”
Despite more than five hours of speakers, a straw count of 286 people, the council voted unanimously to rescind its actions taken on Nov. 20 to designate the area Saigon Business District and the actions taken on June 5 referring to the area as a Vietnamese Business Read more...
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Helping kids one toy, map & dictionary at a time
By Carol Rosen
Editor
Almaden Valley’s Pat Conte has a thing for making kids happy.
She’s raised three sons and is now a grandmother. Perhaps that is why she is drawn to help out children through the Family Giving Tree and various local schools with her role as coordinator of the AT&T Pioneers – Almaden Council.
FGT serves low-income children during the holidays giving them each a personalized gift of their choosing. Last year 60,000 received their personal holiday wish thanks to schools and companies Read more...
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