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And I hope that’s an ethos that we’ve been able to impart in my eight years here, that we have to take these kinds of risks because we don’t have the resources we all would love to have to tackle these problems, so we’re just going to have to do things differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It seems like every time one of those interim emergency housing proposals goes before the council, no matter where it is, you hear the same thing from residents: “We’re all for helping the homeless, just not here. It’s just too close to my house, my kid’s school, too close to a hospital.” For future city leaders, how do they deal with that?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, it’s going to take courage. And there are those community meetings where you’re going to be there with 300 very unhappy people, all asserting that they are going to vote you out if affordable housing for the unhoused is anywhere in their neighborhood. And the reality is we need to build it in every neighborhood. This is just our reality. And if we don’t build the housing in every neighborhood, it doesn’t mean the unhoused residents go away. I live in a neighborhood where I see unhoused residents every day, and I know that they’d be a lot more safe if they were housed, and I would be more safe if they were housed. So let’s all agree to make everybody safe and get folks housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Perhaps the most dramatic turnaround during your tenure has been with the city’s finances. You took office when San José was reeling from a pension crisis — now we could be looking at budget surpluses. Where can residents see that turnaround? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re finally starting to be able to provide some of the basic services residents deserve. We’re finally paving our streets. We’ve got every street in the city now on a seven-year cycle, and we’re seeing dramatic improvements in street conditions. We’re opening libraries on Sundays in our poorest neighborhoods. 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But in a special meeting that stretched until nearly midnight, a majority of council members bucked recent history by opting against elections, saying they would bring high costs and low voter turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned with the cost and it’s because we’re likely entering a belt-tightening time in the city,” said Councilmember Dev Davis, who said even the lowest estimate of the election’s cost could pay for a new traffic signal in her district. “We don’t have the luxury to say that cost doesn’t matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two vacancies were created by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932432/cindy-chavez-concedes-race-for-san-jose-mayor-to-matt-mahan\">Mahan’s victory in the mayoral election\u003c/a>, and Councilmember Sylvia Arenas’ election to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Now, the council will fill the two vacancies in January, when four new council members will take office. 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The vacancy elections could have offered an opportunity for the incoming mayor to widen his base of support within San José’s weak mayor system, in which the mayor is just one of 11 votes on the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of the council's move labeled it a \"power grab\" designed to prevent more moderate, Mahan-aligned candidates from prevailing in often overlooked special elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of particular concern for progressives was the District 8 seat, which includes Evergreen and parts of East San José. While Arenas has been aligned with labor during her time on the council, Evergreen voters backed Mahan in the mayoral election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent days, Mahan led a pair of rallies outside City Hall with residents organized under the banner “Let Me Vote SJ.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was blown away by the level of community engagement,\" Mahan told KQED after the vote. \"Hundreds of people came out and advocated for what I think they believe, and I firmly believe, is a core principle in our country, which is that we select our representatives through open and competitive elections and there has to be a really good reason for not doing that. 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Over 250,000 San Jose citizens thought seriously about what direction they wanted for our city before they cast their ballots,” said Mahan, in a statement. “While we are hopeful that the majority of voters have chosen common sense and change, however they voted, I am deeply grateful to every person who cast their ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"san-jose-mayor\"]While Mahan won over 60% of the votes cast at the polls on Election Day, Mahan and Chavez are virtually tied as hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail ballots continue to be processed and counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a real close race – and we applaud the work the registrar is doing to ensure the outstanding ballots are processed and voters’ voice are heard,” Chavez’s campaign manager Brian Parvizshahi said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San José mayoral race was dominated by debates over the candidates’ approaches to reducing homelessness and improving public safety — along with arguments over which of the candidates was better positioned to bring change to city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With decades of experience, as a San José City Council member, labor leader and, currently, Santa Clara County supervisor, Chavez touted her work funding hospitals and health services and pushing for the passage of a $950 million affordable housing bond, Measure A, in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her first run for mayor, in 2006, Chavez was weighed down by her ties to embattled mayor Ron Gonzales. This time around, Chavez framed her candidacy as a departure from the leadership of current mayor Sam Liccardo — who endorsed Mahan — on issues such as police staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan ran on a vow to shake up City Hall by tying councilmember and mayoral pay to specific benchmarks on reducing crime and housing the unhoused. With just two years under his belt on the City Council, the former tech executive honed sharp attacks on Chavez’s record in local government — on housing, policing and serving residents with mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He charged the county with taking too long to enact reforms on mental health treatment, said the Chavez-backed housing bond was taking too long to show results, and tied the city’s current staffing shortages to cuts that followed generous pension votes made by Chavez in the early 2000s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11931521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11931521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/006_KQED_CindyChavezSanJose_11082022.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Clara county supervisor Cindy Chavez\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/006_KQED_CindyChavezSanJose_11082022.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/006_KQED_CindyChavezSanJose_11082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/006_KQED_CindyChavezSanJose_11082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/006_KQED_CindyChavezSanJose_11082022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/006_KQED_CindyChavezSanJose_11082022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José mayoral candidate Cindy Chavez greets a supporter on Election Day at her campaign headquarters in San José on Nov. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cost of housing was a top concern for many San José voters, including Susana Burgos, an East San José resident who has lived in the city for over 25 years and was able to vote for the first time on Election Day after her naturalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that I’m a citizen … we have to use our voice and vote to speak for those who cannot vote,” Burgos told KQED in Spanish. “In my work I get to talk to families every day at stores, in the supermarket, and what comes up is that housing is too expensive, that there’s not enough preschools and places for parents to leave their kids while they work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan’s candidacy motivated Anh Nguyen, a downtown San José resident who works in the mental health sector, to become more engaged with the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tend to avoid politics because I don’t like confrontation, I don’t like debates. But I realized that in my life, I wanted to learn how to make a difference,” Nguyen told KQED. “I love [Mahan’s] consistency, his accountability, his authenticity … I don’t trust politics, but I trust Matt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Óscar Quiroz-Medrano, a South San José resident who voted for Chavez, was turned off by Mahan’s attack ads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think Cindy Chavez could do a lot better than Matt Mahan. From her views and how she promotes herself, I think she’s more open to alternative housing models and really open to listening to the community,” he said. “There was a lot of smear campaigns coming from Matt Mahan that I really did not like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both candidates listed the hiring of more police officers as their top priority if elected. The city’s violent crime rate jumped in 2021, although the rate of property crimes like burglary and vehicle theft have been on a steady decline for a decade. The city’s police force has slowly been growing after Great Recession cuts and departures, but the department has 200 fewer positions than it did at the turn of the century. While the City Council could soon weigh whether to move internal investigations outside of the department, Chavez and Mahan focused far more attention on hiring than oversight and reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece of Mahan’s platform to reduce homelessness was the construction of emergency interim housing units: prefabricated or quick-build homes for unhoused residents, often on government-owned land. Chavez argued those units would be no substitute for permanent supportive housing, where unhoused residents could receive wraparound services. 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When the City Council voted in June on four new and expanded emergency interim housing sites, Mahan was one of two “no” votes, asking city staff to spend more time exploring an alternative to the site proposed in his council district. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has defended the county’s focus on building supportive housing, a policy funded through Measure A, a $950 million housing bond that was voted on in 2016 and that Chavez championed. And she has pointed to Santa Clara County’s smaller increase in homelessness compared to neighboring counties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The reason for that is we kept thousands of families from becoming homeless, and we kept moving our program forward,” she said. “We kept building and we kept putting people in housing.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has honed in on the issue of police staffing in her attempt to tie Mahan with the current administration. Over the summer, she blamed Liccardo and Mahan for allowing “dangerously low staffing levels” in San José, which employs fewer officers than most cities of its size. Notably, the critiques came as San José’s Police Officers’ Association, which has endorsed Chavez and spent heavily on her behalf, negotiated a new contract with the city. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has promised to hire 45 new officers every year, arguing that, regardless of contract talks, “if you live in San José, you know that when you dial 911, you’re waiting longer than you should. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“That is all about how many people we have that can respond to calls for service,” she added. “We do not have enough police officers, period.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928238 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council member Matt Mahan at his election night party in downtown San José for his campaign for mayor on June 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahan said he will also work to increase staffing at the department, but said the financial limitations the city faces in hiring new employees can be traced back to overly generous health and retirement benefits for police that Chavez voted for as a councilmember in the early 2000s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We could hire hundreds of police officers if we didn’t have the legacy of that accumulated debt,” Mahan said. “Let’s not rewrite history here or promise something to the public that isn’t realistic or fiscally responsible.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The winner of the November 8 runoff faces a short runway to show results. Measure B, approved by city voters in June, will align future mayoral contests with presidential elections, beginning in 2024. San José’s mayor has few powers beyond that of a councilmember, but both candidates feel an urgency to show immediate results.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People will see a difference in the number of homeless people that we see on the streets, because I think that if we’re assertive about the programming that we’re doing and we’re collaborative with the county and the state and the federal government, that we’re going to be able to not just move the dial on paper, but people will be able to see the difference almost right away,” Chavez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the time pressure created by Measure B comes with a trade-off: The next mayor will be allowed to run for two additional terms after 2024, with the potential of holding office until early 2033. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As voting gets underway Monday in the runoff election for San José mayor, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San José City Council member Matt Mahan are hoping to convince voters that they can move city government in a new direction in the nation’s 10th-largest city.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The question of which candidate is better positioned to be a force for change has assumed a central role in the race to lead a city grappling with rising homelessness, lack of affordable housing and\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> thinly staffed city departments like police and planning.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In interviews with KQED, Mahan and Chavez laid out their immediate and long-term visions, with a recent amendment to the city charter giving the winner of this race an opportunity to hold office for a decade. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has served in local government for most of the last quarter-century, first winning election to the San José City Council in 1998. Still, she has billed herself as a departure from current Mayor Sam Liccardo — who is supporting Mahan — by promising to bolster city staffing and to bring harmony to the council. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahan is a relative newcomer to San José politics, having won election to the Council in 2020 after a career in the tech industry. Liccardo and his business-aligned allies have spent heavily to back Mahan, but the first-term councilmember has run on a vow to shake up the city bureaucracy \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">— \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in part by tying pay increases for city leaders, nearly all of whom are supporting Chavez, to progress on issues such as crime and homelessness. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With San José’s unhoused population \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/4103/4699#:~:text=The%20overall%20number%20of%20homeless,city%20limits%20of%20San%20Jos%C3%A9.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rising 11% during the pandemic\u003c/a>, Mahan has attacked Chavez’s focus on constructing permanent supportive housing with services and has instead advocated to house the unhoused in quick-build tiny homes known as emergency interim housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“If it’s really a crisis, let’s go after scalable, efficient solutions to get people indoors and then invest in the supportive services from mental health and addiction counseling to job training, job placement,” Mahan said. “We should be buying (homes) in bulk rather than what we do today, which is extremely incremental and still leans far too heavily on building brand-new apartments.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928237 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-800x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-800x517.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-1020x659.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez at an election night party for her campaign for mayor, at the San José Woman’s Club on June 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the tiny-home policy has still generated predictable pushback from residents who don’t want unhoused people in their neighborhoods. When the City Council voted in June on four new and expanded emergency interim housing sites, Mahan was one of two “no” votes, asking city staff to spend more time exploring an alternative to the site proposed in his council district. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has defended the county’s focus on building supportive housing, a policy funded through Measure A, a $950 million housing bond that was voted on in 2016 and that Chavez championed. And she has pointed to Santa Clara County’s smaller increase in homelessness compared to neighboring counties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The reason for that is we kept thousands of families from becoming homeless, and we kept moving our program forward,” she said. “We kept building and we kept putting people in housing.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has honed in on the issue of police staffing in her attempt to tie Mahan with the current administration. Over the summer, she blamed Liccardo and Mahan for allowing “dangerously low staffing levels” in San José, which employs fewer officers than most cities of its size. Notably, the critiques came as San José’s Police Officers’ Association, which has endorsed Chavez and spent heavily on her behalf, negotiated a new contract with the city. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has promised to hire 45 new officers every year, arguing that, regardless of contract talks, “if you live in San José, you know that when you dial 911, you’re waiting longer than you should. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“That is all about how many people we have that can respond to calls for service,” she added. “We do not have enough police officers, period.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928238 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council member Matt Mahan at his election night party in downtown San José for his campaign for mayor on June 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahan said he will also work to increase staffing at the department, but said the financial limitations the city faces in hiring new employees can be traced back to overly generous health and retirement benefits for police that Chavez voted for as a councilmember in the early 2000s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We could hire hundreds of police officers if we didn’t have the legacy of that accumulated debt,” Mahan said. “Let’s not rewrite history here or promise something to the public that isn’t realistic or fiscally responsible.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The winner of the November 8 runoff faces a short runway to show results. Measure B, approved by city voters in June, will align future mayoral contests with presidential elections, beginning in 2024. San José’s mayor has few powers beyond that of a councilmember, but both candidates feel an urgency to show immediate results.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People will see a difference in the number of homeless people that we see on the streets, because I think that if we’re assertive about the programming that we’re doing and we’re collaborative with the county and the state and the federal government, that we’re going to be able to not just move the dial on paper, but people will be able to see the difference almost right away,” Chavez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the time pressure created by Measure B comes with a trade-off: The next mayor will be allowed to run for two additional terms after 2024, with the potential of holding office until early 2033. With construction of Google’s Downtown West development and the projected arrival of BART at Diridon Station, the city’s downtown stands to be transformed during the next administration. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I believe over the course of 10 years, if we fully staff our planning department, streamline some of those permitting processes, speed up our inspections, become a more business-friendly city, we could see a downtown that attracts the investment in housing and jobs and transit that we need, which can be transformative for our entire city,” Mahan said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "From San José to Little Saigon, on the Bánh Mì Bus",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mention of a certain north-south bus line makes many Vietnamese Californians smile.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The first time riding this bus, I was feeling like I was sitting in central Saigon's sidewalk. We ate Vietnamese sandwiches and watched a Vietnamese music show on TV,” wrote Hồng Cao, director of operations at the Việt Museum in San José, in a text. “People on the bus were so talkative. They exchanged all the news that happened in San Jose and in Orange County. You did not need to read the newspaper to know what was happening in your areas.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">SFO and LAX may be the largest airports in California, but two strip malls, one in East San José and another in Westminster, have also become transportation hubs, connecting the two largest Vietnamese communities outside Vietnam.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 1998, seniors, students, reluctant drivers and bargain hunters of all ethnicities have relied on the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.xedohoang.com/index.php/en/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Xe Đò Hoàng\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bus line. Service runs from multiple Vietnamese commercial centers in California and Arizona, but the flagship route remains the one along Interstate 5 between San José and Westminster, the original Little Saigon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most major stops are near at least one shop selling bánh mì, the iconic Vietnamese sandwich: a baguette filled with grilled meat, cold cuts or pâté, pickled vegetables, herbs, chilis and proprietary seasonings. Before COVID, the on-bus service included a free bánh mì from a nearby shop. That’s how the line got its nickname: the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CXrT74BvBMDCqrn6nptZCrQCTfvtbZETjd83DakrEWw/edit?usp=sharing\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh mì bus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Now, passengers bring their own food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the uninitiated, the first time at a Xe Đò Hoàng bus stop can bring feelings of uncertainty, especially because the white tour coaches have no logos and the stop has no signs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There will be no markings other than Asian people hanging out under the shade of the trees,” writes \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EvSFkB_ecdM2__zovMF7zk6gb397BJPw/view?usp=sharing\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penelope M.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from Los Angeles in a Yelp review.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I had heard about the bus for years. My teenager loves to eat, and this summer, she requested a trip to Orange County to gorge at the weekend \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.littlesaigonnow.com/asian-garden-night-market-1170.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">night market\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. I thought, why not go in real Viet style? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So early on a recent Thursday morning, we headed to an East San José strip mall. As the kind of mom who needs to ensure there’s enough to eat, I was relieved to find four bánh mì shops in a one-block radius. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/kims-sandwiches-san-jose\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim’s Sandwiches\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has house-made mayonnaise, which, for me, earns it an extra star in ratings. We hurried to choose our on-board meal, because the bus leaves at exactly 8:30. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t the bus stop — on the corner of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burdette Drive and S. King Road — I spotted Asian people with reusable shopping bags and rolling luggage, just like “Penelope M.” promised. I was in the right place.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tùng Đỗ, the driver, checked my name off his iPad. Reservations are available by phone or through online third-party vendors but are not necessary. Another employee with a mask on his chin, cigarette dangling from his mouth, placed my duffel in the cargo bay next to several crates of papayas and someone’s portable air conditioner.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Five people are next to a bus with one person walking next to it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tùng Đỗ, a professional driver for 30 years, says the job runs in his veins. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Like Greyhound, but Vietnamesified\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Xe Đò Hoàng bus company started when its founder, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linh Hoàng Nguyễn, saw an opportunity. Around \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://facts.aapidata.com/nationaldata/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">700,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Vietnamese Americans live in California. San José and Little Saigon in Orange County anchor the community, much like \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hanoi\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saigon\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the historical northern and southern capitals of Vietnam.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the late 1990s, Linh, a former refugee-turned-professional driver, voluntarily helped other Vietnamese people navigate airport check-ins at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport. For many immigrants who didn’t “know the way to San José,” the airport and the language barrier were overwhelming. There had to be an easier way.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linh \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">wondered, what if he drove people himself? He \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">started with a few vans between San José and Westminster. He charged less than Greyhound and the route was three hours faster. Eventually his company expanded into a fleet of tour coaches. By providing folksy service, Vietnamese-speaking staff, familiar entertainment and a free bánh mì, Linh created Vietnamese #vanlife or #buslife culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With enough food to last us the six-hour ride, my daughter and I settle into our seats. We roll down Highway 101, past Gilroy’s garlic fields. Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese conversations intersperse with Vietnamese. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Behind me, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nguyễn, 73, marvels at the low prices for avocados at roadside stands. I’m also a farm stand aficionado, and we quickly fall into a conversation about fruit prices. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">smiles approvingly at my daughter. She tells me she and her husband, Ly, don’t feel confident driving the 400 miles to see their grandchildren. They’d rather relax.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today’s trip is relatively quiet except for opera drifting from someone’s phone. On-board entertainment depends on the driver’s mood. The bus line is known for playing back-to-back episodes of \"\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://thuynga.com/en_us/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paris by Night\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\" the blockbuster Vietnamese variety show, from the drop-down screens, but today, driver Tùng Đỗ lets riders choose their own entertainment.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927008\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"Bare feet are seen coming from a seat while people sit on a bus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elders would rather relax than drive the 400 miles between San José and Little Saigon. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrew \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lê\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 18, has on earbuds and scrolls through his phone. He’s unfazed that the woman behind him has propped her bare foot on his arm rest. He just graduated from high school and is on his way south to meet cousins at an electronic dance music festival. He says he looked into a train, but didn’t feel confident he could manage all the transfers. Plus, the journey would have taken over 12 hours. His mother booked him this trip and sent him with a bánh mì.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We pass the Harris Cattle Ranch, California’s largest feedlot, outside Coalinga. I’m thankful for the aggressive air-conditioning that quickly circulates air. Gentle snoring mixes with the hum of the bus engine.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, smiling, passes me an adorable cluster of apple bananas. The fruit is firm and fragrant, and tastes faintly of pineapple.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927007\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"A person wearing a mask holding bananas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author’s daughter enjoys a gift from fellow rider Hiền Nguyễn. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Surviving pandemic challenges … and attempted murder\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like many businesses, Xe Đò Hoàng had to make adjustments during the pandemic. When indoor dining was prohibited, its long tradition of providing free lunch ended. What was once many buses a day became a single bus in each direction. But customers are coming back. More recently, a second afternoon run resumed on weekends, but rising gas prices have also cut into the company’s profits. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A ride is now $50, but when I rode, staff made accommodations for seniors who were used to previous pricing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Employees tell me Xe Đò Hoàng has leaned on its same-day shipping service to maintain income. The flat-rate shipping — $5 for small items to $20 for items up to 60 pounds — is cheaper than FedEx. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A scale was available, but no one really seemed to bother weighing anything. I counted eight tropical fruit trees by the cargo bay. I don’t know how they stuffed them inside.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A man reaches into the storage under a bus with potted plants in front of him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An employee arranges plants and tropical fruits for shipping. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.xedohoang.com/index.php/en/package-shipping\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">weapons, explosives, and illegal substances\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only a few items are off-limits. While staff discourage odiferous foodstuffs like fish sauce, durian or jackfruit, I spotted a jackfruit in the shadows of the cargo bay. It must have weighed 40 pounds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Xe Đò Hoàng bus company has survived previous existential challenges. In the early aughts, business was so lucrative, copycats pushed owner Linh Hoàng Nguyễn into a “bus war.” What happened is part of California Vietnamese lore: Prices dropped. Someone torched two buses. A driver was assaulted. Then came the attempted murder.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 23, 2005, as Linh got into his car at his home in Fountain Valley to go to work, a gunman fired six shots through his window. Linh took bullets in the neck, shoulder blade and arm. He was admitted to UC Irvine Medical Center’s intensive care unit.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">News of the attempted killing ricocheted throughout Vietnamese communities as far as Australia and France. And people rallied around Linh. Two weeks after being shot, he was out and about, on a thank-you tour through Little Saigon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the shooting, business actually improved. An investigation that spanned Northern and Southern California concluded that the incident was an attempted murder for hire, ordered by a competitor. Eventually, in 2009, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2009/12/04/man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-driveway-shooting/\">three hitmen were convicted\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, Linh is on top again, one competitor after another gone.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Vietnamese #buslife\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Xe Đò Hoàng is a vital part of the community: Linh’s buses have given free rides to political protests. Newspapers and specialty food vendors use the bus for their north-south distribution network. During Tết, the Lunar New Year, families ship their loved ones gifts. The company sponsors an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://vietbao.com/a208487/gioi-thieu-cac-nha-tai-tro-giai-thuong-viet-ve-nuoc-my-2013-xe-do-hoang-net-van-hoa-rieng-cua-nguoi-viet-o-my\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">annual contest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> called “Writing About America,” with essays that include meditations on\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://vvnm.vietbao.com/a203317/chuyen-nghe-lom-tren-xe-do-hoang\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> riding the bus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927006\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A bus with multiple people sitting in rows.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since 1998, seniors, students and reluctant drivers have relied on the Xe Đò Hoàng bus line. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even Vietnamese in Vietnam know about the bus. YouTubers document their American vacations on the Xe Đò Hoàng on channels like “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/GxAqAL0CWrg\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Khánh Nguyễn’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Life\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” and “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/t-0sxv7848w\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lady Who Sells Phở\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside, a cluster of umbrellas in rainbow colors shade fieldworkers. I keep time by watching a young man ahead of me struggle to sleep. Every few minutes, his head drifts precariously into the central aisle. He then straightens his neck, but eventually his head slips down again. A Buddhist nun drinks soy milk directly from a half gallon carton.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Tupperware container suddenly materializes over my shoulder. It’s Hiền again, and this time, she’s got homemade \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">xôi vò\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Xôi vò is sweet rice dusted with mung bean powder and a hint of coconut. It was my favorite childhood food. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">topped hers with thick matchstick slices of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">chả lụa\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which looks like mortadella steamed in banana leaves. She hands me a package of disposable utensils. I dig in.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the only break at the Buttonwillow Travel Center outside Bakersfield, elders stretch in the parking lot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next to a businessman who doesn’t want to be disturbed is Tsui-Ching Kim, 67. By her count, she’s ridden the bus at least 30 times in the past decade. She lives in Los Angeles, but visits her son who works in the Bay Area. There’s the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chinatown-bus.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinatown Bus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which caters to Chinese people like her, but she still prefers the Xe Đò Hoàng.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Because I know the driver. He is a good driver,” says Tsui-Ching.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tùng Đỗ\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the driver, scarfs down his lunch: \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh cuốn\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a rice-paper crepe filled with ground pork. He’s been a driver for 30 years, six for Xe Đò Hoàng.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I drive because I love this work,” says Tùng. “If you love your job, then you can do your job well and keep going.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a family calling. Before 1975, when South Vietnam fell to the north, his grandparents had a similar business shuttling passengers from Saigon to the resort town of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Đà Lạt\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bus is already rolling again when a group runs across the parking lot to board. Xe Đò Hoàng has a reputation for being punctual. Tùng stops to let the stragglers back on. They’re out of breath, laughing and holding their bags of Popeyes fried chicken.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Echoes of home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We pass oil donkeys on flat scrubland. What looks like a concrete-lined river is the California Aqueduct, which collects water from northern rivers to distribute to the rest of the state. Climbing the San Emigdio Mountains, we pass Pyramid Lake, a major pumping station, then descend to the Los Angeles Basin.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền — my friendly auntie who keeps feeding me — and her husband say the mountains remind them of Đà Lạt. Once called “Petit Paris,” Đà Lạt has a kind of mythical quality for many older Vietnamese. It’s 5,000 feet above sea level and surrounded by pine trees. In the past, it was a getaway for French colonialists, artists and newlyweds. It seems anytime there are trees and a mountain, an elder will say it looks like Đà Lạt. I squint at the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park and try to relate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After brief stops in LA’s Chinatown and El Monte, and more than five hours on the road, someone decides now is the time to crack open some fish sauce.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Sister, please close it, you can’t use fish sauce on the bus,” says Tùng, averting a potential disaster. “The rules are the same: fish sauce, salt sauce, please close it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forty-five minutes later, we arrive at ABC Supermarket in Westminster. Tùng helps a woman with a cane disembark. Family members crowd to collect relatives and cargo.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927010\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Multiple people holding luggage near a bus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers collect their belongings at the ABC Supermarket parking lot. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The corner of Magnolia Street and Bolsa Avenue does not have summer getaway vibes. But I’m not in Little Saigon to hang out at the beach. I’ve got a list of food to eat.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Two people are seen holding utensils over food that is cooking in a restaurant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The summer night market at Asian Garden Mall features food from local vendors \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banh%20mi\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merriam-Webster\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> added “\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh mì”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to its lexicon. I think of the sandwich as a kind of Vietnamese gateway food. In its own way, a ride on the Xe Đò Hoàng feels like traveling to a new place that also somehow feels familiar — kind of like looking at a California amusement park, and swearing you’re in Đà Lạt.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927014\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927014\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A building and parking lot with people outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Asian Garden Mall anchors businesses in Little Saigon. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>If you go:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you purchase a bánh mì to eat later, ask to have your pickled veggies/herbs/chilis bagged separately from your baguette filled with meat and seasonings. That way your bread will not get soggy and the veggies will retain a perfect cold-crisp crunch when it’s time to eat.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/duc-huong-san-jose?osq=gio+cha+duc+huong\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Giò Chả Đức Hương\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a polarizing reputation. Not to be confused with a nearby \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/duc-huong-gio-cha-sandwiches-san-jose?osq=duc+huong\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sister location\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that sells one of the most popular bánh mì \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San José\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this deli sells only the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">chả lụa,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> among other ingredients, to make your \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">own \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh mì\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relatives from Houston would bring food back home from this store. However, the customer service is brusque. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.brodardrestaurant.net/about-us\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brodard\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is famous for its\u003c/span> \u003ca href=\"https://www.brodard.net/items/grilled-pork-spring-rolls-nem-nuong-cuon\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">em cuốn\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The rice-paper wrapper for spring rolls quickly gets dry, brittle and chewy. Supermarket rolls suffer from this problem. But with an entire side of the kitchen continuously devoted to rolling up\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nem cuốn\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, you know that the rolls here will be fresh. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.coolteabar.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cool Tea Bar\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in San José is part of a Taiwanese chain. Try their roasted milk tea with soft\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sương sáo\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(grass jelly). \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbkky9/sweet-black-grass-jelly-shouldnt-come-out-of-a-can\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grass jelly\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is made from the mesona herb and has a faintly bitter taste that prevents drinks from becoming cloyingly sweet. The smoke-colored grass jelly here is homemade, with a soft silky texture that no canned jelly can duplicate.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.nepcafe.us/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nếp Cafe\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a coffee and brunch spot by day and a restaurant called \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gemdining.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gem\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by night. Vietnamese coffee is becoming more ubiquitous, but what about \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://vietnamenu.com/vietnamese-food-ca-phe-trung.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">cà phê trứng\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, egg coffee? Their egg coffee, originally from northern Vietnam, is not what I expected (thankfully there was no goopy yolk oozing in my coffee). Egg yolk is whipped with condensed milk into an airy froth. It tastes like liquid tiramisu.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mention of a certain north-south bus line makes many Vietnamese Californians smile.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The first time riding this bus, I was feeling like I was sitting in central Saigon's sidewalk. We ate Vietnamese sandwiches and watched a Vietnamese music show on TV,” wrote Hồng Cao, director of operations at the Việt Museum in San José, in a text. “People on the bus were so talkative. They exchanged all the news that happened in San Jose and in Orange County. You did not need to read the newspaper to know what was happening in your areas.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">SFO and LAX may be the largest airports in California, but two strip malls, one in East San José and another in Westminster, have also become transportation hubs, connecting the two largest Vietnamese communities outside Vietnam.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 1998, seniors, students, reluctant drivers and bargain hunters of all ethnicities have relied on the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.xedohoang.com/index.php/en/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Xe Đò Hoàng\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bus line. Service runs from multiple Vietnamese commercial centers in California and Arizona, but the flagship route remains the one along Interstate 5 between San José and Westminster, the original Little Saigon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most major stops are near at least one shop selling bánh mì, the iconic Vietnamese sandwich: a baguette filled with grilled meat, cold cuts or pâté, pickled vegetables, herbs, chilis and proprietary seasonings. Before COVID, the on-bus service included a free bánh mì from a nearby shop. That’s how the line got its nickname: the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CXrT74BvBMDCqrn6nptZCrQCTfvtbZETjd83DakrEWw/edit?usp=sharing\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh mì bus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Now, passengers bring their own food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the uninitiated, the first time at a Xe Đò Hoàng bus stop can bring feelings of uncertainty, especially because the white tour coaches have no logos and the stop has no signs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There will be no markings other than Asian people hanging out under the shade of the trees,” writes \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EvSFkB_ecdM2__zovMF7zk6gb397BJPw/view?usp=sharing\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penelope M.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from Los Angeles in a Yelp review.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I had heard about the bus for years. My teenager loves to eat, and this summer, she requested a trip to Orange County to gorge at the weekend \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.littlesaigonnow.com/asian-garden-night-market-1170.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">night market\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. I thought, why not go in real Viet style? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So early on a recent Thursday morning, we headed to an East San José strip mall. As the kind of mom who needs to ensure there’s enough to eat, I was relieved to find four bánh mì shops in a one-block radius. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/kims-sandwiches-san-jose\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim’s Sandwiches\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has house-made mayonnaise, which, for me, earns it an extra star in ratings. We hurried to choose our on-board meal, because the bus leaves at exactly 8:30. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t the bus stop — on the corner of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burdette Drive and S. King Road — I spotted Asian people with reusable shopping bags and rolling luggage, just like “Penelope M.” promised. I was in the right place.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tùng Đỗ, the driver, checked my name off his iPad. Reservations are available by phone or through online third-party vendors but are not necessary. Another employee with a mask on his chin, cigarette dangling from his mouth, placed my duffel in the cargo bay next to several crates of papayas and someone’s portable air conditioner.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Five people are next to a bus with one person walking next to it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4640-Tung-Do-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tùng Đỗ, a professional driver for 30 years, says the job runs in his veins. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Like Greyhound, but Vietnamesified\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Xe Đò Hoàng bus company started when its founder, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linh Hoàng Nguyễn, saw an opportunity. Around \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://facts.aapidata.com/nationaldata/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">700,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Vietnamese Americans live in California. San José and Little Saigon in Orange County anchor the community, much like \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hanoi\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saigon\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the historical northern and southern capitals of Vietnam.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the late 1990s, Linh, a former refugee-turned-professional driver, voluntarily helped other Vietnamese people navigate airport check-ins at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport. For many immigrants who didn’t “know the way to San José,” the airport and the language barrier were overwhelming. There had to be an easier way.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linh \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">wondered, what if he drove people himself? He \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">started with a few vans between San José and Westminster. He charged less than Greyhound and the route was three hours faster. Eventually his company expanded into a fleet of tour coaches. By providing folksy service, Vietnamese-speaking staff, familiar entertainment and a free bánh mì, Linh created Vietnamese #vanlife or #buslife culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With enough food to last us the six-hour ride, my daughter and I settle into our seats. We roll down Highway 101, past Gilroy’s garlic fields. Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese conversations intersperse with Vietnamese. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Behind me, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nguyễn, 73, marvels at the low prices for avocados at roadside stands. I’m also a farm stand aficionado, and we quickly fall into a conversation about fruit prices. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">smiles approvingly at my daughter. She tells me she and her husband, Ly, don’t feel confident driving the 400 miles to see their grandchildren. They’d rather relax.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today’s trip is relatively quiet except for opera drifting from someone’s phone. On-board entertainment depends on the driver’s mood. The bus line is known for playing back-to-back episodes of \"\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://thuynga.com/en_us/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paris by Night\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\" the blockbuster Vietnamese variety show, from the drop-down screens, but today, driver Tùng Đỗ lets riders choose their own entertainment.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927008\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"Bare feet are seen coming from a seat while people sit on a bus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4659-feet-relax-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elders would rather relax than drive the 400 miles between San José and Little Saigon. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrew \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lê\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 18, has on earbuds and scrolls through his phone. He’s unfazed that the woman behind him has propped her bare foot on his arm rest. He just graduated from high school and is on his way south to meet cousins at an electronic dance music festival. He says he looked into a train, but didn’t feel confident he could manage all the transfers. Plus, the journey would have taken over 12 hours. His mother booked him this trip and sent him with a bánh mì.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We pass the Harris Cattle Ranch, California’s largest feedlot, outside Coalinga. I’m thankful for the aggressive air-conditioning that quickly circulates air. Gentle snoring mixes with the hum of the bus engine.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, smiling, passes me an adorable cluster of apple bananas. The fruit is firm and fragrant, and tastes faintly of pineapple.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927007\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"A person wearing a mask holding bananas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4654-bananas-scaled-e1664402767605.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author’s daughter enjoys a gift from fellow rider Hiền Nguyễn. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Surviving pandemic challenges … and attempted murder\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like many businesses, Xe Đò Hoàng had to make adjustments during the pandemic. When indoor dining was prohibited, its long tradition of providing free lunch ended. What was once many buses a day became a single bus in each direction. But customers are coming back. More recently, a second afternoon run resumed on weekends, but rising gas prices have also cut into the company’s profits. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A ride is now $50, but when I rode, staff made accommodations for seniors who were used to previous pricing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Employees tell me Xe Đò Hoàng has leaned on its same-day shipping service to maintain income. The flat-rate shipping — $5 for small items to $20 for items up to 60 pounds — is cheaper than FedEx. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A scale was available, but no one really seemed to bother weighing anything. I counted eight tropical fruit trees by the cargo bay. I don’t know how they stuffed them inside.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A man reaches into the storage under a bus with potted plants in front of him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4843-plants-1-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An employee arranges plants and tropical fruits for shipping. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.xedohoang.com/index.php/en/package-shipping\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">weapons, explosives, and illegal substances\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only a few items are off-limits. While staff discourage odiferous foodstuffs like fish sauce, durian or jackfruit, I spotted a jackfruit in the shadows of the cargo bay. It must have weighed 40 pounds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Xe Đò Hoàng bus company has survived previous existential challenges. In the early aughts, business was so lucrative, copycats pushed owner Linh Hoàng Nguyễn into a “bus war.” What happened is part of California Vietnamese lore: Prices dropped. Someone torched two buses. A driver was assaulted. Then came the attempted murder.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 23, 2005, as Linh got into his car at his home in Fountain Valley to go to work, a gunman fired six shots through his window. Linh took bullets in the neck, shoulder blade and arm. He was admitted to UC Irvine Medical Center’s intensive care unit.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">News of the attempted killing ricocheted throughout Vietnamese communities as far as Australia and France. And people rallied around Linh. Two weeks after being shot, he was out and about, on a thank-you tour through Little Saigon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the shooting, business actually improved. An investigation that spanned Northern and Southern California concluded that the incident was an attempted murder for hire, ordered by a competitor. Eventually, in 2009, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2009/12/04/man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-driveway-shooting/\">three hitmen were convicted\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, Linh is on top again, one competitor after another gone.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Vietnamese #buslife\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Xe Đò Hoàng is a vital part of the community: Linh’s buses have given free rides to political protests. Newspapers and specialty food vendors use the bus for their north-south distribution network. During Tết, the Lunar New Year, families ship their loved ones gifts. The company sponsors an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://vietbao.com/a208487/gioi-thieu-cac-nha-tai-tro-giai-thuong-viet-ve-nuoc-my-2013-xe-do-hoang-net-van-hoa-rieng-cua-nguoi-viet-o-my\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">annual contest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> called “Writing About America,” with essays that include meditations on\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://vvnm.vietbao.com/a203317/chuyen-nghe-lom-tren-xe-do-hoang\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> riding the bus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927006\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A bus with multiple people sitting in rows.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4646-aisle-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since 1998, seniors, students and reluctant drivers have relied on the Xe Đò Hoàng bus line. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even Vietnamese in Vietnam know about the bus. YouTubers document their American vacations on the Xe Đò Hoàng on channels like “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/GxAqAL0CWrg\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Khánh Nguyễn’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Life\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” and “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/t-0sxv7848w\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lady Who Sells Phở\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside, a cluster of umbrellas in rainbow colors shade fieldworkers. I keep time by watching a young man ahead of me struggle to sleep. Every few minutes, his head drifts precariously into the central aisle. He then straightens his neck, but eventually his head slips down again. A Buddhist nun drinks soy milk directly from a half gallon carton.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Tupperware container suddenly materializes over my shoulder. It’s Hiền again, and this time, she’s got homemade \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">xôi vò\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Xôi vò is sweet rice dusted with mung bean powder and a hint of coconut. It was my favorite childhood food. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">topped hers with thick matchstick slices of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">chả lụa\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which looks like mortadella steamed in banana leaves. She hands me a package of disposable utensils. I dig in.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the only break at the Buttonwillow Travel Center outside Bakersfield, elders stretch in the parking lot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next to a businessman who doesn’t want to be disturbed is Tsui-Ching Kim, 67. By her count, she’s ridden the bus at least 30 times in the past decade. She lives in Los Angeles, but visits her son who works in the Bay Area. There’s the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chinatown-bus.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinatown Bus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which caters to Chinese people like her, but she still prefers the Xe Đò Hoàng.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Because I know the driver. He is a good driver,” says Tsui-Ching.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tùng Đỗ\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the driver, scarfs down his lunch: \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh cuốn\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a rice-paper crepe filled with ground pork. He’s been a driver for 30 years, six for Xe Đò Hoàng.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I drive because I love this work,” says Tùng. “If you love your job, then you can do your job well and keep going.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a family calling. Before 1975, when South Vietnam fell to the north, his grandparents had a similar business shuttling passengers from Saigon to the resort town of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Đà Lạt\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bus is already rolling again when a group runs across the parking lot to board. Xe Đò Hoàng has a reputation for being punctual. Tùng stops to let the stragglers back on. They’re out of breath, laughing and holding their bags of Popeyes fried chicken.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Echoes of home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We pass oil donkeys on flat scrubland. What looks like a concrete-lined river is the California Aqueduct, which collects water from northern rivers to distribute to the rest of the state. Climbing the San Emigdio Mountains, we pass Pyramid Lake, a major pumping station, then descend to the Los Angeles Basin.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiền — my friendly auntie who keeps feeding me — and her husband say the mountains remind them of Đà Lạt. Once called “Petit Paris,” Đà Lạt has a kind of mythical quality for many older Vietnamese. It’s 5,000 feet above sea level and surrounded by pine trees. In the past, it was a getaway for French colonialists, artists and newlyweds. It seems anytime there are trees and a mountain, an elder will say it looks like Đà Lạt. I squint at the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park and try to relate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After brief stops in LA’s Chinatown and El Monte, and more than five hours on the road, someone decides now is the time to crack open some fish sauce.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Sister, please close it, you can’t use fish sauce on the bus,” says Tùng, averting a potential disaster. “The rules are the same: fish sauce, salt sauce, please close it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forty-five minutes later, we arrive at ABC Supermarket in Westminster. Tùng helps a woman with a cane disembark. Family members crowd to collect relatives and cargo.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927010\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Multiple people holding luggage near a bus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4685-ABC-lot-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers collect their belongings at the ABC Supermarket parking lot. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The corner of Magnolia Street and Bolsa Avenue does not have summer getaway vibes. But I’m not in Little Saigon to hang out at the beach. I’ve got a list of food to eat.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Two people are seen holding utensils over food that is cooking in a restaurant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4786-night-market-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The summer night market at Asian Garden Mall features food from local vendors \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banh%20mi\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merriam-Webster\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> added “\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh mì”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to its lexicon. I think of the sandwich as a kind of Vietnamese gateway food. In its own way, a ride on the Xe Đò Hoàng feels like traveling to a new place that also somehow feels familiar — kind of like looking at a California amusement park, and swearing you’re in Đà Lạt.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927014\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927014\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A building and parking lot with people outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_4839-Asian-Garden-Mall-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Asian Garden Mall anchors businesses in Little Saigon. \u003ccite>(Christine Nguyen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>If you go:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you purchase a bánh mì to eat later, ask to have your pickled veggies/herbs/chilis bagged separately from your baguette filled with meat and seasonings. That way your bread will not get soggy and the veggies will retain a perfect cold-crisp crunch when it’s time to eat.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/duc-huong-san-jose?osq=gio+cha+duc+huong\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Giò Chả Đức Hương\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a polarizing reputation. Not to be confused with a nearby \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/duc-huong-gio-cha-sandwiches-san-jose?osq=duc+huong\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sister location\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that sells one of the most popular bánh mì \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San José\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this deli sells only the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">chả lụa,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> among other ingredients, to make your \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">own \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bánh mì\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relatives from Houston would bring food back home from this store. However, the customer service is brusque. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.brodardrestaurant.net/about-us\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brodard\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is famous for its\u003c/span> \u003ca href=\"https://www.brodard.net/items/grilled-pork-spring-rolls-nem-nuong-cuon\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">em cuốn\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The rice-paper wrapper for spring rolls quickly gets dry, brittle and chewy. Supermarket rolls suffer from this problem. But with an entire side of the kitchen continuously devoted to rolling up\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nem cuốn\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, you know that the rolls here will be fresh. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.coolteabar.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cool Tea Bar\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in San José is part of a Taiwanese chain. Try their roasted milk tea with soft\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sương sáo\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(grass jelly). \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbkky9/sweet-black-grass-jelly-shouldnt-come-out-of-a-can\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grass jelly\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is made from the mesona herb and has a faintly bitter taste that prevents drinks from becoming cloyingly sweet. 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Egg yolk is whipped with condensed milk into an airy froth. It tastes like liquid tiramisu.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The end of September marks a major milestone in campaigns across California, as legal deadlines require candidates’ campaigns to reveal how much money they’ve raised over the past few months, tallying that alongside expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a roundup of some key races both large and small — from Gov. Gavin Newsom defending his job against his Republican challenger, to Board of Supervisors races in the city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we’re focusing on campaign finance in the coverage below, we’ve also got extensive reporting of candidates’ positions on top issues in our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">KQED Election 2022 California Voter Guide.\u003c/a> Be sure to read it if you want to know what each candidate intends to do in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Governor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The governor’s race might top the ballot in November but the latest fundraising totals show why the contest between \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1414018&session=2021\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1444621&session=2021\">State Senator Brian Dahle\u003c/a> isn’t attracting much attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d expect a Democratic governor to outraise a Republican counterpart, but the numbers show how the state and national Republican parties are ignoring this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom reports raising $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2022, bringing his total for the year to nearly $9 million. He has a whopping $23.2 million cash on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, Dahle reports raising $590,579 in the last three months for a total of just over $2 million for the year. He has just $408,741 to spend between now and the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, Newsom has almost 57 times more cash than Dahle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These financial reports do not include independent expenditures made for or against these candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State Controller\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the race to succeed termed-out State Controller Betty Yee, it’s the Republican candidate who has the huge cash advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1439261&session=2021&psort=AMOUNT&view=general\">Lanhee Chen\u003c/a>, a Stanford scholar and GOP political advisor who worked on the presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, reports raising $4.15 million overall, including $1.14 million in the third quarter. He has just over $3 million cash on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1437983&session=2021\">Democrat Malia Cohen\u003c/a> has raised $1.2 million in all of 2022, including $559,943 in the third quarter, with a relatively small $529,468 cash on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen will need every penny of that cash and more to overcome the structural deficit his party faces among registered voters in California. As of May, the breakdown is roughly 47% registered Democratic, 24% Republican and 23% no party preference voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These financial reports do not include independent expenditures made for or against these candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area Mayor Races\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Filings also show spending ramping up in the region’s two high-profile mayor races, in San Jose and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915899/cindy-chavez-and-matt-mahan-headed-to-runoff-in-san-jose-mayoral-race\">The two contenders for the top job in San Jose\u003c/a>, City Council member Matt Mahan and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, both enter the final stretch of the campaign with ample war chests. Mahan reported raising $672,914 over the summer, while Chavez brought in close to $557,679. With just over a week until voting begins, Chavez is sitting on over $458,282 while Mahan reported nearly $444,552 on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the primary, voters saw a deluge of spending from outside groups: Labor unions spent heavily in support of Chavez while current Mayor Sam Liccardo recruited business and developer dollars into his super PAC supporting Mahan. The outside spending cooled off over the summer, but filings this week show that could change. On Tuesday, the San Francisco 49ers dropped a whopping $420,000 into their committee backing Chavez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, filings show City Council members Loren Taylor and Sheng Thao emerging as the leading fundraisers in the 10-candidate field. So far this year, Taylor has raised $266,141 and spent $168,143, ending the filing period with $276,602 on hand. Thao has raised $242,700, spent $209,841 and reported $161,693 on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Thao has been the beneficiary of outside spending by a group called “Working Families for a Better Oakland,” which is bankrolled by some of the region’s leading labor unions. The committee reported spending $190,271 to support Thao’s run.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco District Attorney Race\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918804/breed-taps-boudin-critic-brooke-jenkins-as-new-san-francisco-da\">District Attorney Brooke Jenkins\u003c/a> has outraised her opponents in the election for San Francisco district attorney, the newest numbers show — though, with a caveat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, the tough-on-crime district attorney appointed by Mayor London Breed to replace progressive DA Chesa Boudin after he was recalled, raised $126,000 through the end of September. Her challenger from the left, former police commissioner John Hamasaki, raised $87,000, and another former police commissioner, and former fire commissioner, Joe Alioto Veronese, raised $56,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that may make it seem like Alioto Veronese is trailing behind in fundraising, this is where things get a little muddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a tweet, Friday, Alioto Veronese claimed he raised more money than Jenkins and Hamasaki.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Early results of our campaign fundraiser are in and they’re good. We’ve outraised incumbent DA @BrookeUnionCity two-to-one and public defender @HamasakiLaw three-to-one. The momentum is strong in this one!” he wrote, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/joeavero/status/1575938538121592841\">on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/joeavero/status/1575824490390376450\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s only half-true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you count the money he’s been raising since the start of the year — well before his opponents declared their intention to run in the race — then yes, he did outraise them financially. Veronese started his 2023 campaign committee in January this year. Jenkins started her campaign committee mid-July, and Hamasaki started in mid-August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent contributions are arguably the best indicator of momentum. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The end of September marks a major milestone in campaigns across California, as legal deadlines require candidates’ campaigns to reveal how much money they’ve raised over the past few months, tallying that alongside expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a roundup of some key races both large and small — from Gov. Gavin Newsom defending his job against his Republican challenger, to Board of Supervisors races in the city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we’re focusing on campaign finance in the coverage below, we’ve also got extensive reporting of candidates’ positions on top issues in our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">KQED Election 2022 California Voter Guide.\u003c/a> Be sure to read it if you want to know what each candidate intends to do in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Governor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The governor’s race might top the ballot in November but the latest fundraising totals show why the contest between \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1414018&session=2021\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1444621&session=2021\">State Senator Brian Dahle\u003c/a> isn’t attracting much attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d expect a Democratic governor to outraise a Republican counterpart, but the numbers show how the state and national Republican parties are ignoring this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom reports raising $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2022, bringing his total for the year to nearly $9 million. He has a whopping $23.2 million cash on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, Dahle reports raising $590,579 in the last three months for a total of just over $2 million for the year. He has just $408,741 to spend between now and the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, Newsom has almost 57 times more cash than Dahle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These financial reports do not include independent expenditures made for or against these candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State Controller\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the race to succeed termed-out State Controller Betty Yee, it’s the Republican candidate who has the huge cash advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1439261&session=2021&psort=AMOUNT&view=general\">Lanhee Chen\u003c/a>, a Stanford scholar and GOP political advisor who worked on the presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, reports raising $4.15 million overall, including $1.14 million in the third quarter. He has just over $3 million cash on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1437983&session=2021\">Democrat Malia Cohen\u003c/a> has raised $1.2 million in all of 2022, including $559,943 in the third quarter, with a relatively small $529,468 cash on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen will need every penny of that cash and more to overcome the structural deficit his party faces among registered voters in California. As of May, the breakdown is roughly 47% registered Democratic, 24% Republican and 23% no party preference voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These financial reports do not include independent expenditures made for or against these candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area Mayor Races\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Filings also show spending ramping up in the region’s two high-profile mayor races, in San Jose and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915899/cindy-chavez-and-matt-mahan-headed-to-runoff-in-san-jose-mayoral-race\">The two contenders for the top job in San Jose\u003c/a>, City Council member Matt Mahan and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, both enter the final stretch of the campaign with ample war chests. Mahan reported raising $672,914 over the summer, while Chavez brought in close to $557,679. With just over a week until voting begins, Chavez is sitting on over $458,282 while Mahan reported nearly $444,552 on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the primary, voters saw a deluge of spending from outside groups: Labor unions spent heavily in support of Chavez while current Mayor Sam Liccardo recruited business and developer dollars into his super PAC supporting Mahan. The outside spending cooled off over the summer, but filings this week show that could change. On Tuesday, the San Francisco 49ers dropped a whopping $420,000 into their committee backing Chavez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, filings show City Council members Loren Taylor and Sheng Thao emerging as the leading fundraisers in the 10-candidate field. So far this year, Taylor has raised $266,141 and spent $168,143, ending the filing period with $276,602 on hand. Thao has raised $242,700, spent $209,841 and reported $161,693 on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Thao has been the beneficiary of outside spending by a group called “Working Families for a Better Oakland,” which is bankrolled by some of the region’s leading labor unions. The committee reported spending $190,271 to support Thao’s run.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco District Attorney Race\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918804/breed-taps-boudin-critic-brooke-jenkins-as-new-san-francisco-da\">District Attorney Brooke Jenkins\u003c/a> has outraised her opponents in the election for San Francisco district attorney, the newest numbers show — though, with a caveat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, the tough-on-crime district attorney appointed by Mayor London Breed to replace progressive DA Chesa Boudin after he was recalled, raised $126,000 through the end of September. Her challenger from the left, former police commissioner John Hamasaki, raised $87,000, and another former police commissioner, and former fire commissioner, Joe Alioto Veronese, raised $56,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that may make it seem like Alioto Veronese is trailing behind in fundraising, this is where things get a little muddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a tweet, Friday, Alioto Veronese claimed he raised more money than Jenkins and Hamasaki.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Early results of our campaign fundraiser are in and they’re good. We’ve outraised incumbent DA @BrookeUnionCity two-to-one and public defender @HamasakiLaw three-to-one. The momentum is strong in this one!” he wrote, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/joeavero/status/1575938538121592841\">on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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