OVER 100 MEMBERS of the Vietnamese American community in San Jose gathered at a Black April commemoration ceremony this week marking 50 years since the fall of Saigon — a pivotal moment that sparked a mass migration of refugees, many of whom resettled in the South Bay. 

In the heart of Little Saigon at the Vietnamese American Service Center, a health services hub for San Jose’s expansive Vietnamese diaspora, the 50th anniversary of Black April served as an opportunity to reflect on both the loss and resilience experienced by Southern Vietnamese people who fled their home to escape persecution.  

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.