Had a great time with the SJRacialEquity (Betty Nguyen and Jasmine Hartenstein) team speaking with EngagingCities Kelly Hickler about all things civic 🤓📖 You can check it out on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!

.NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites captured the upwelling of water and sediment in the eastern Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane #Helene. The first image is from Sept. 24, and the second from Sept. 27, 2024.

On The Bay today with Ericka Cruz Guevarra Santa Clara County Is About to Elect Its First Vietnamese American Supervisor a look at the District 2 race between Betty Duong and Madison Nguyen kqed.org/news/12012008/…

+Join your local city/county boards and commissions—not only will it give you firsthand experience on what it’s like to be in office but done well it can also create incredible change! Follow 👉 Only in San José we’ve been making it easy for folks to navigate this space since 2020!

Too often, corporate roll-ups of local health clinics have resulted in worse care for patients. Great to see Congressman Pat Ryan 🇺🇸 investigate whether a series of acquisitions by Optum (owned by UnitedHealth Group) led to longer wait times, new fees, or inaccurate billing.

Hyperscale Data Centers are different than the traditional data centers we use for our emails, photos, streaming, etc. We’ve created a community toolkit to help folks understand what that means and the right questions to ask. Get the full toolkit here: tapsrundry.com/civic-particip…

📣 SAVE THE DATE! All residents are invited to attend a one-hour webinar on the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury. 🗓️ February 18 ⏰ 12:15 PM Mark your calendars and email [email protected] to receive a notification when registration goes live. We hope to see you there!

We are so excited to partner with the Civil Grand Jury for this webinar. Come learn about the power of public service 02/18/26 @ 12:15pm 🗓️