you have the 22 of joey logano, not so good. tyler reddick ran 10th. i'd love to know who the fourth guy is. >> and, again -- >> so would he. >> for those of you just joining us, turning on, it's been an eventful day. those two drivers are in a tie break situation. has it at the moment. >> we've got a decision. we've got a decision. christopher bell will not be

going to phoenix. safety violation. riding the wall. it's against the rules. william byron has been confirmed as the fourth and final position. kim coon is there. kimmy? >> william byron gets the final championship four position. the 20 with a safety violation. i know based on what you said before, you're probably happy for that ruling. what was it like -- >> i'm not happy for anything but the rule is what it is for the crossover gate over there and riding the wall so it is what it is. i will go race and just proud of my team. we had a really hard fought day overall so proud of that. le. >> that's william byron. dave, the other side with christopher bell. >> christopher, theyville ruled against you. safety violation. wall ride. your thoughts. >> i don't know what to say. you know, i -- i don't know. i don't know what to say.

>> you feel like the move was made and then you came off the wall, zplekt. >> well, i mean, i -- i understand that the rule was made to prevent people from riding the wall but my move was completely different than what ross's was. i got lose getting into the corner and slid into the fence. yeah, i mean, i don't know. i don't know what else to say. >> christopher bell will not make it a third year in a row, leigh. it is a very, very tough situation. >> i think the only thing that could have happened differently for christopher bell was that had he known the guys behind him, he wasn't racing for position, he didn't need to accelerate like that on the wall, right? that's what really in my eyes, nascar -- we haven't spoken to nascar, but what i believe they saw was when he got in the wall was the acceleration. had he gone up and hit the wall, come off and i think it would have been okay because he wouldn't have ridden the wall. he would have hit the wall. that's a split second decision.

he did not know all those cars beneath him weren't for position. >> for every rule created it has to be officiated. the someone has to make a decision. i agree with justin of his option. that moved him from 18th to 22nd. it moves him the last car one lap down which was, what, removed enough points and moved the 24 through. >> there's the championship four. two drivers on the right, tyler reddick, william byron have the opportunity to become first time cup champions. ryan blaney can do it back to back to win and joey logano can become a three-time cup series champion. congratulations to ryan. nascar coverage is available nbc.com. later at 7 eastern, football night in america followed by colts/vikings. what a day here i

way to create light in our world and to create connection in the world and also to create self-acceptance. a lot of times i think people, especially people like myself who have family who come from mexico, who come from poverty, we don't always recognize how much contribution working people from mexico have contributed. working people from mexico created mexico's culture, and it's not the gold lace of a costume that gives us value, it's the music and the dance that gives us value. it's the strength and the beauty that's in the music that gives

us value, and that was created by working people. we should never forget that. damian: and so many people believe in the message that you're delivering, eugene. i mean, some very popular, famous people, david hidalgo from los lobos, linda ronstadt, and many others. eugene: well, you know, we share something very deep in common. you know, you think of linda, you know, she is a virtuoso of world class status, but she grew up in a family of music. you know, she didn't use music--she didn't read music to create her career, she used her ears, her intelligence, and her heart. so, we share something very deep in common with each other, which is that music is best learned in the home, but not everybody has music in their home. so, los cenzontles has been a place in our community where children can come who don't have music in their home, or even if they do can come and learn within our home, which is sometimes a second home to many of our students. damian: that is absolutely wonderful, eugene, thank you so much for sharing your expertise and your love for multiculturalism in your memoir. thank you so much.

eugene: thank you, damian. damian: thank you, again, it's called "the bird of 400 voices," a memoir by eugene rodriguez. you can log on to the website for more information, they're right here in san pablo, but they world renowned, los cenzontles, and there is a website for more information. all right, up next here on "comunidad del valle," a long conversation with former santa clara county supervisor, cindy chavez, stay with us.

damian: she was a community leader and organizer before she actually became a member of the san jose city council and eventually the santa clara county board of supervisors. cindy chavez is my guest here on the show. cindy, welcome to "comunidad del valle." great to have you. cindy chavez: oh, i'm so excited to be here. damian: now, i have no reason to get stuck to you, cindy, you're leaving us, but i honestly wanna say that whenever we're in the same room together, i feel like no matter who else is in that room, you're gonna end up being the smartest person out of everybody there because i think that that's what you bring to the table every single time you're at an event.

cindy: that is so kind. that is so kind, and i'll just say to you how much i appreciate seeing you out in the community. you represent nbc seriously, and the community sees you out there, and it has great meaning. there's a lot of pride in you. damian: i appreciate you, thank you, cindy. well, say it ain't so, you're leaving us in a couple of weeks, but is it time? cindy: well, so i should say that this has been incredible to be able to have the opportunity to serve the public the way we have and you have too, but i'm moving to new mexico. i'm going to be the county executive of bernalillo county, which is in albuquerque, new mexico, and that is where i was born and that is where my mother lives and most of my family is, even though i was raised for most of my life here and i've lived in san jose for 42 years. cindy: well, it's sort ofice bittersweet, and the way i've been thinking about it is that so much, and you know this, like

so much of who we become as adults has so much to do with our families, right? and this place built the greatest values in my parents, great work ethic, great way of thinking about the community, about giving back, and so it's a really great opportunity to give back to a community that gave me such great parents. damian: oh, absolutely, well, we're gonna miss you here intellectually and physically and all of the above. and so, we wish you a lot of luck in bernalillo county, new mexico. enjoy the hatch chili over there. what do you think your legacy is or what would you like your legacy to be here in santa clara county? cindy: it's a great question, i mean, i think for one that i really believe in local government and i believe that public service is still an incredibly noble thing to do. and what i hope is that through hard work and what i've accomplished for the community that i encourage other people to

run, and also at a local level that we encourage more and more people to engage, not just run for office, but really to deeply engage in their communities, because that is the only way they will get better. damian: and i know that election day is only two days away, and so we'll talk about that also in just a bit, but i remember, cindy, before i was a news reporter, i was a campaign manager for someone running for city council, and they brought you in because i wasn't running as a campaign manager things the way they should be run, and you came in and kind of rolled your eyes and said, "here is what you need to do." so, you're going back a ways in your organizing efforts. cindy: no kidding, and you know, i graduated from san jose state in 1987, and after that i got involved in the community right away. as a matter of fact, one of the first things i did was register voters, hundreds and probably thousands of voters actually over my lifetime, but voters all over san jose, really trying to

get the east side and our communities to be much, much more engaged in politics. and thank you for running a campaign because so few people do that, right? and so, we need more and more people not just willing to run but willing to help other good people run and get elected. damian: talk about that civic engagement, because honestly, you know, as much as i've been pushing on this show for the last six months or so the importance of registering to vote, but i look at some of my close friends and i think to myself, he's not gonna vote, she's not gonna vote, just because it's just--i can tell that it's not there, but talk about the importance of civic engagement and voting and getting involved and knowing who the president of your neighborhood association is and then down the line. cindy: well, let me give a really concrete example of something that's happening right now in this community, and that is that we're dealing with a closure of parts of a hospital, and that's a regional medical center that's owned by the healthcare corporation of america.

and what they were looking at doing was closing the trauma center, the level two trauma center, which they've now done, they've closed labor and delivery, they closed a comprehensive stroke center there, and the county is now engaged with them to buy that center. why do i point that out? because having leaders who are going to be responsive to community need is really important and having leaders who can manage our county's fiscal budget or our cities or the state in a way that gives us the flexibility to do important things when we need to do them because they're beneficial to the life and health safety of our community is really important. and i think what people don't always understand is that everything around us, somebody is making a decision about. where a hospital is located, how much affordable housing that we have in our community, how strong are the schools in your neighborhood, whether or not you have a stop sign on that corner. it is so pervasive, and so many people in our community said, well, it doesn't matter who's in elected office. it really, really, really does.

you know, we were the first city and the first county in the nation to offer every child under the age of 18 health insurance, every kid. that's now become national policy, but that happened because we had local people here who were concerned about the health and wellbeing of our children in our community. we need good people to run and we need everybody to vote. it really, really matters. and i don't feel like--i feel like for a lot of people this feels really distant, damian, but it's not, it's the stop sign, it's whether or not police officers come and you have enough of them, you know, when you dial 911. damian: and that's what it comes down to. you mentioned the hospital, there are a couple of other things i want to get to that were instrumental, you were instrumental in those, the reid-hillview issue, and the fentanyl fight and the covid fight. i want to get into that in our next segment, so we'll be back with cindy chavez here on "comunidad del valle" as we bid her farewell and good luck.

damian: we're back with cindy chavez here on "comunidad del valle." you mentioned something during the break, cindy, that i wanna get to right away, and that is just getting our latino community to vote, because it hasn't been in the last couple of elections, and as you mentioned to me during the break is we're leaving these decisions up to other people to make. cindy: we really are, and i'll just use again regional medical center as an example. you know, that closure or the loss of those services is happening in an area that really needs those services, and yet, you know, another part of the community, the same corporation is going to build up good samaritan hospital, and we want good samaritan hospital to be built up, but we want regional medical center to be lifted up and protected, too. and so, without us at the table, people are making decisions about us without us over and over and over again, and it

impacts everything, the quality of the school, how safe your neighborhood is, whether or not we have clean water and clean air. like, all of that happens because we get involved, we vote, we join boards and commissions, we run for office, we're part of our neighborhood association. and just one thing i'll remind people, like during covid is such a good example, this county, again, we were managing our fiscal resources really well, but we spent money before we ever knew the federal government was going to pay us back to make sure that we had testing centers open and vaccination centers. and many of you went to the fairgrounds or to the 49er stadium or to the sap center or to the, you know, pal. all of that was done by local government investments, and again, it wouldn't have happened nearly so quickly. we saved many more lives than we could have, but that had to do with local leadership and investments that we make in our own communities, and so there's so much at stake and i feel,

like you do, that we're talking to people saying please vote and what does it matter? and it just really, really does, and i think it feels like a small gesture, but our voices matter, and when we don't vote, other people's voices are louder than ours. damian: yeah, and it's up to us, otherwise we can't complain about the way things are being coordinated or run or whatnot. you mentioned a couple of big things that you addressed in your tenure on the board. you mentioned covid and you mentioned the hospital, but the big fight against fentanyl and the reid-hillview airport issue. i mean, a lot of big, big, heavy issues that affect our communities. cindy: really they do, and let me just say one thing about reid-hillview. so, again, this is something that's really important to understand about your local government and the county. all across the country, there are these regional airports, and these airports are situated in communities all over that have

millions and millions of people that live around them. we became the first county to disallow the sale of leaded aviation gas at reid-hillview and san martin airports. and the reason that was so critical is that we saw lead levels as high as those in flint, michigan for families and the children that live around the airport. by leading on this fight, we're not only protecting the people who live, work, and play around reid-hillview airport, but we're trying to push the federal government to make sure that unleaded avgas is available across the spectrum, so pilots have an option not to poison the communities they're flying into. and you know, and as we know, any little bit of lead can negatively impact child development, intellect, capacities, behavioral issues can occur if there's lead poisoning. so, these are real issues that have real consequences. now, the county of santa clara is leaving the option open to

close reid-hillview airport in 2031. it's 180 acres of land that is used by very few in our community, and so there's an ongoing effort to plan that site and also to look at the impacts it could have on eastridge mall across the street, because eastridge can only build up to, i think it's between 30 and 40 feet because of the ingress and egress of planes over the flight path over eastridge. so, what that means is that we've got to be really disciplined and really urgent about making sure that the community has an opportunity to weigh in on what should happen to that 180 acres there, and to be able to partner that thinking with the 120 acres across the street. that is a huge opportunity for investment in the east side of san jose. damian: are you comfortable, cindy, in how you are leaving this area and that the leadership that is in place now

will be able to pick up what you accomplished and take off with it and maybe see the reid-hillview mission through its fruition and all the other issues? cindy: yeah, that's a really great question. i'll tell you one thing i'm really excited about, and i think about this when i think about your kids, i think about my son, and i think about just the number of really wonderful people who are running for office right now that i feel like are gonna be hard workers, they have good values, they understand the importance of the work they're doing, and it's a hard time to run for office, so i would just say that, you know, all of the ick everybody's getting in their mailbox, just dust it off, go to the campaign's websites, look and see if you agree with them, because we're really looking for this next gen of leaders, but i will say i am extremely enthusiastic about the crop of young leaders that i'm seeing all over the county, and frankly, all over the state and the nation.

we've got some great folks coming forward. now, do we have to continue to provide support to them? yes, every hard thing i've done as an elected official i've done in partnership with the community, and that community activism is the difference between having leaded fuel at reid-hillview or unleaded fuel today at reid-hillview. damian: all right, cindy chavez is my guest here on "comunidad del valle." her last day on the job is november 12th. she's headed over to bernalillo county, new mexico to help the folks. we'll be back and wrap it up with cindy chavez here on "comunidad del valle." i just like saying bernalillo.

damian: and we're back with cindy chavez here on "comunidad del valle" who is leaving us to run the county, bernalillo county in new mexico, and cindy, our loss is their gain, i guess. give us your closing argument. tell us what you want to tell the viewers of "comunidad del valle" and nbc bay area and your constituents in santa clara county. cindy: well, first of all, truly, this has been a labor of love. you know, it's such an honor, really, to have people elect you

and entrust you with their hopes, with their dreams, with their passions, with their fears, and you know, my only obligation, i'm speaking about this and i think this may be more of a cultural thing, damian, but, like, i want my parents to be proud of what i've been able to accomplish with this community, and i want to make it easy when anybody is looking at a ballot that they're not nervous about voting for a latina or a woman or a mom, that i've comported myself in a way that really lifts our community up, and part of that has been, in my mind, really making sure that we're accomplishing important things. and i'm just going to name a few of them, more because my accomplishments are our accomplishments and none of this i did by myself. you know, getting bart to san jose under the leadership of ron gonzalez, finishing light rail on the east side, that was really led many years ago by blanca alvarado.

being able to get us to where the airport at reid-hillview can be considered for closure. that was led really by congresswoman lofgren when she had my seat and then blanca alvarado and now me finishing that work, getting it closer to the finish line. we in this county, we test rape kits faster than any county in the country and make sure that we don't have backlogs and that information is loaded into cotis and we are improving our public safety every single day, and that's something i'm so proud of to have done with district attorney rosen and his amazing team. you know, we have a child advocacy center and that center is an integrated center so that any child who is a victim of abuse not only can get the services they need to get ready for any kind of legal action so we're protecting that child and other children, but also the services they need to go back to school, to get the mental health services they need, so that they're hitting the ground running. i would just say this one last thing, which is that it is such

a tremendous honor to be in a place where people love their community so much that they start neighborhood associations, they start groups that clean up creeks, they help the homeless, they fight for the rights of communities that don't have as much as they do. this community is filled with love and service and a deep understanding that we are connected one to another, and that's just been such a point of pride to me to be able to serve a place that expresses love in such genuine, kind ways. it's partly why this place is the best place, you know, to raise a family and why i'm so honored i got to do that with brennan and mike. damian: well, we were honored to have you as a part of this community, cindy, you know, from an old campaign manager who knew nothing about politics, thank you for that training, and it's been great to see what you've been able to do for this

community on the dais and speaking as an advocate for those who might not have a voice. cindy: thank you. damian: thank you very much, cindy chavez on her way to bernalillo, new mexico to become the county executive there from the santa clara county board of supervisors. thank you, cindy. we wish you the best of luck. cindy: thank you, truly. damian: all right, well, if you want to get a hold of us here on "comunidad del valle," you can follow us on instagram. my handle is @newsdamiantrujillo, you can also email me, there is the email address on the screen as well. also, you can make sure that you let us know what you want to see on "comunidad del valle." we're on with you every sunday. we try to bring you the best of local interviews to get you informed, to get you involved, and please don't forget to vote this coming tuesday if you haven't already. get your ballots in, we need to show them that the latinos do have that voice at the polls. we thank you so much for sharing your sunday with us, we'll see you back here again next week, buenos tardes. ♪♪♪

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