#east-san-jose

#east-san-jose

Avenida de Altares (Avenue of Altars) lights up the storefronts of Alum Rock Avenue and the two-storied theater of the Mexican Heritage Plaza. As the veil thins between past and present, 40 altars bridge these sacred connections-each holding an intentional space for visitors to reflect. Some altars invoke indigenous ancestors, some marry tradition and contemporary myths, others honor lives lost to injustice.

The sound of newborns crying along with the chimes of a lullaby announcing their arrival into the world will ring through the halls of Regional Medical Center starting next week as the East San Jose hospital reopens its long-closed labor and delivery ward. The restoration comes six months after Santa Clara County purchased the hospital from HCA Healthcare, one of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the nation,

Cal Fire has issued evacuation orders for the Ranch Place fire in the East San Jose foothills, impacting specific areas as the blaze spreads.