Tag Archives: San Jose

Viet candidates in San Jose city council race

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Bolsavik

While politicos in Bolsavikland are busy accusing each other of being commies, up north in San Jose there are three Vietnamese-Americans running in a crowded field of 7 candidates for the city council seat vacated by Dave Cortese, and another … Continue reading →

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Madison Nguyen did not make Clinton delegate slate

Posted on April 16, 2008 by The Bolsavik

San Jose City Councilwoman Madison Nguyen (photo), fresh from a bruising battle over the naming of a stretch of street in her district, failed to make the cut to be a Clinton delegate at the National Democratic Convention in Denver in … Continue reading →

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San Jose Viet murder suspect nabbed in Taiwan

Posted on April 14, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Another reason to want a non-stop flight to Vietnam. According to the AP as printed here, a Vietnamese-American suspected of shooting another Vietnamese-American in a San Jose-area karaoke bar was arrested in Taiwan as he was en route fleeing to Vietnam. … Continue reading →

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Tattooist nipped/tucked, guilty of playing doc without license

Posted on April 12, 2008 by The Bolsavik

A San Jose Vietnamese-American woman and her husband on Thursday pleaded guilty to practicing medicine without a license, reported the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle. According to the plea bargain, the woman, Ha Thithu Nguyen, 47, … Continue reading →

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Cung Le won big

Posted on March 31, 2008 by The Bolsavik

The Bolsavik really ought to get a Tivo. He went to the Trinh Cong Son concert, so he missed out on the MMA middleweight title fight between Vietnamese-American martial artist Cung Le and Frank Shamrock. The MMA battle for dominance … Continue reading →

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San Jose “Little Saigon”: Now officially a feud

Posted on March 24, 2008 by The Bolsavik

  That’s what the L.A. Times calls it in a story by My-Thuan Tran entitled “Vietnam echoes in a San Jose feud” – here. Quote: “Even business owners, reporters, and pop singers carefully tiptoe around inferences and innuendo that can cast … Continue reading →

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All’s not quiet on the San Jose front

Posted on March 22, 2008 by The Bolsavik

With an agreement for private property owners on Story Road to erect a “Welcome to Little Saigon” sign, San Jose’s embattled Mayor Chuck Reed and Vietnamese-American Councilwoman Madison Nguyen defused an acrimonious campaign waged against them personally. Read more here. But … Continue reading →

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“OUR VOICE” and lingering bad blood in San Jose

Posted on March 22, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Below is the text of an open letter by a group in San Jose calling itself “Our Voice” and carrying 354 signatures. Basically supporting San Jose City Councilwoman Madison Nguyen in the dispute over a group of protesters’ demand that a … Continue reading →

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