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there will be an event in solidarity starting at madison square park and marching over to little saigon. reporting in oakland, matt boone, abc 7 news. >>> lunar new year celebrations continue in san francisco tonight welcoming the year of the ox with an image of the hard-working animal. in chinatown neighbors rang in the new year with fire crackers and the opening of a new playground, 10 years in the making offering a symbol of hope for the community. now neighbors are calling for unity. >> everybody is glafl noised and wants to do something. >> all right. we have a big weekend. can you expect rain for the holiday weekend? >> yeah. sandhya patel is tracking the latest storm with live doppler 7. >> we are going to see rain. rain is a good thing for us in the bay area and for celebrations. i believe rain is good luck for lunar new year celebrations. let me show you the system on live doppler seven. in the pacific northwest they are getting pounded by the storm. a few scattered light showers. rainfall totals will not be as much as we got but it is better than none at all. i will let you kn

story, lunar new year, this is a live look from grand central mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon. and you can see pretty good sized crowd there where they have been setting up plenty of fireworks, i don't hear any here. and here is what it looks like on grant avenue in san francisco's chinatown, red lanterns decorate storefronts, usually this corridor is packed with revelers, but not this year. the pandemic is keeping most people at home. >>> a festive atmosphere earlier today in chinatown, drummers and dancing lines entertained the crowd, the community is also celebrating a major 14 1/2 million dollar renovation, at willie park. the new upgrades include an updated play structure, a new clubhouse, and improved basketball courts. >>> new at six, some volunteers wearing blue vest are walking up and down oakland chinatown to create a safer presence for community members. the police department is also boosting its patrols. they just relocated the resource center. just in time for lunar new year. >> crime rates and stuff has been high, citing people seeing us is really grateful and a

businesses are hoping the lunar new year will bring them a much-needed boost and little saigon, grand century mall has become an unofficial gathering place for those to celebrate. shop owners say they're barely hanging on and they're asking the community for support. >> let them know that we are available and open every day. >> we're all in it together so hopefully people can come out and support the businesses. >> san jose is home to the largest population of asian-americans in the bay area. >>> and we are building a better bay area by focusing on five issues that affect us all and that includes health. part of that commitment is tracking the spread of covid-19. we are seeing steady improvements overall in the state's case rate. today california reported 433 deaths and that number remains high due to a case surge that happened into the second week of january, but the seven-day positivity rate is down to 1.4% for the first time in months and the number of people in the hospital is 1,444 dropping 50% since the beginning of this year. solano's second largest covid-19 vehiclesation clini

heart of little saigon. >>> good evening. i am alan martin.'s i am elizabeth cook. we are live from east san jose and that isn't the only warning ahead of the lunar new year.>>> av enemies lunar new year is about a being with family. after a very lonely thanksgiving christmas and traditional new year's the vietnamese community is being asked to do it one more time. >> for years grant century mall has been ground zero for celebrations in northern california. with two days to to go crowd is already up raising the potential for super spreader events along with it. >> we are here to say please celebrate this lunar new year safely. >> in advance of the holiday a county outreach team has been going door to door to help people follow the health orders. he has visited many businesses, temples and homes and has gotten mostly positive feedback. >> the majority are willing to follow the rules. there are also -- there is a better rate of passing this on to older family members. >> this brings us to illegal fireworks. every year thousands gather at grant century to set off rocke

there will be an event in solidarity starting at madison square park and marching over to little saigon. reporting in oakland, matt boone, abc 7 news. >>> lunar new year celebrations continue in san francisco tonight welcoming the year of the ox with an image of the hard-working animal. in chinatown neighbors rang in the new year with fire crackers and the opening of a new playground, 10 years in the making offering a symbol of hope for the community. now neighbors are calling for unity. >> everybody is glafl noised and wants to do something. >> all right. we have a big weekend. can you expect rain for the holiday weekend? >> yeah. sandhya patel is tracking the latest storm with live doppler 7. >> we are going to see rain. rain is a good thing for us in the bay area and for celebrations. i believe rain is good luck for lunar new year celebrations. let me show you the system on live doppler seven. in the pacific northwest they are getting pounded by the storm. a few scattered light showers. rainfall totals will not be as much as we got but it is better than none at all. i will let you kn

with the lunar new year wednesday here at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood at the same time though they are being urged to abide by state and local health orders and to exercise caution because of the pandemic we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit family. >>in person inside the grand century mall and outreach team was encouraging merchants to remind their customers about the need to wear masks and social distancing are willing to follow the rules and because there are they afraid of catching covid passing it on to their older family members many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year a health order say churches and temples are limited to 20% of capacity. fireworks which typically draw thousands of people to the mall will not be tolerated this year at this point i would like to please for a command for the community anybody

take the one in saigon. it is one of the busiest spots in the city. no wonder.de is longer than crosby's bank statement. it is a place to let the air conditioning dry your shirt while you find out what's happening or going to happen in the way of entertainment. the facilities are familiar. all saints stateside uso but . but there are important additions. the telephone links which the u.s. will provide in vietnam, are the only commercial phone connections with the states. you call your best girl from here, and when the operator says "long-distance" she is not just whistling dixie. the service is adapted to the needs. a popular example is poor boy night, when a guy can get a big meal for a quarter. usually held toward the end of the month when payday is a week away. additional clubs through south vietnam all offering the same kinds of services, but each with its own flavor. the tape machines provided for servicemen to send a message home. not just in their own words, but in the sound of their own words, get a heavy workout. a camera on the terminal. uso operates a

is trying to prevent a coronavirus surge by taking its message straight into the heart of little saigon. >>> good evening. i am alan martin.'s i am elizabeth cook. we are live from east san jose and that isn't the only warning ahead of the lunar new year.>>> av enemies lunar new year is about a being with family. after a very lonely thanksgiving christmas and traditional new year's the vietnamese community is being asked to do it one more time. >> for years grant century mall has been ground zero for celebrations in northern california. with two days to to go crowd is already up raising the potential for super spreader events along with it. >> we are here to say please celebrate this lunar new year safely. >> in advance of the holiday a county outreach team has been going door to door to help people follow the health orders. he has visited many businesses, temples and homes and has gotten mostly positive feedback. >>

fireworks but that did not stop people at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood from getting ready for that big day. >>we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we did this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit family. >>in person been are willing to follow the rules and because there are they have great up catching covid passing it on to their older family members. thank you. >>well many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year, churches and temples are also limited to 20% of capacity. now in national news while the senate focuses on the impeachment trial. president biden is keeping his distance and continuing with the business of the country. well it took a big step in the new administration made his first visit to the department of defense jeff mills has that story. >>the pentagon receiving a visit from its commander in chief the first for joe biden as president to assure the to

clinton park, i'm sorry in little saigon and 01:00pm on sunday at san francisco's civic center plazaday at 01:00pm all for sarah since sun is going to tell us about some attacks that have been happening. >>just as the asian community is kicking off new year celebrations. >>coronavirus has already dampen the celebrations of the lunar new year starting today and now this string of attacks has all of the asian community on edge people are worried they'll be the next to be attacked these attacks are happening every single day now everybody is feeling very anxious. everybody is on high alert. >>the latest attack happened in oakland take a look at this security footage, it happen in front of quickly boba on east 12th street less than a mile from chinatown the victim's car is white she went to get bobo walked out to her car. >>with her purse around her body when she went to get inside her car. the passenger in the black car in that video gets out attacks are and steals her red purse attacks continue to intensify and we're showing you video of these attacks are very hard to watch no matter h

with the lunar new year wednesday here at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigonghborhood at the same time though they are being urged to abide by state and local health orders and to exercise caution because of the pandemic we are here to say. >>duke mom mom morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit family. >>in person inside the grand century mall and outreach team was encouraging merchants to remind their customers about the need to wear masks and social distancing are willing to follow the rules and because there are they have made up catching covid passing it on to their older family members many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year a health order say churches and temples are limited to 20% of capacity. fireworks which typically draw thousands of people to the mall will not be tolerated this year at this point i would like to please recommend for the community anyb

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except for antarctica and it's so the attacks and community is that are kind of towns that little saigon's little tokyo's. that pain has been experienced ever since this pandemic. and i'd like to go back to your question about impact on our communities is beyond that that any actual assaulted whether verbally or physically people from the very beginning started going underground and what i mean by that is these very seniors who dare to go out and take a walk have been hiding out there afraid to go to their doctors they're afraid to go get food and so what we're also seeing in terms of the pandemic is to the that there is to suppose that little information about people asian or asian people and how they are affected by the corona virus so repeatedly we see reports coming out saying have you know aleck. let necks. have mortality rates or morbidity rates from the from the virus but nothing about asians because many are not even getting tested when they're sick they're not going to the to the doctor but they're not getting medications and so the actual harm is is extensive been are being count

. >> northeast of saigon near bong son -- >> reporter: june, 1965, davis led a nearly 19-hour raid. >dies the way you do canned goods in a grocery store. >> reporter: hit by a grenade and gunfire, davis would not leave behinds americans billy and robert, both gravely injured. >> brown had been shot, i could actually see his -- his brain pulsating. it was that big. and he said, am i going to die? and i -- i said, not before me. >> reporter: were you ever told to leave? >> well, twice. >> reporter: as davis first revealed in 1969 to an up and coming local tv host, phil donahue. >> i told him, sir, i'm not going to leave. i still have an american out there. >> what did he say? >> he told me to -- to move out. and i just disobeyed the order. >> reporter: there by davis' side, ron dyce, the team's >> captain davis refused and said, no, i'm not leaving while -- i'm not leaving while i have men out on the field. >> reporter: general westmoreland who led u.s. forces in vietnam, visited davis' outpost. and his commander, billy cole,

with the lunar new year wednesday here at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood at the same time though they are being urged to abide by state and local health orders and to exercise caution because of the pandemic we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do

start of the lunar new year couldn't come soon enough for struggling businesses in san jose's little saigon'm chris nguyen with that story, coming up. >>> i'm spencer christian. the three-day holiday weekend coming up will be wet at times. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> lunar new year today, presidents day monday and valentine's day in between, it's a big holiday weekend. and here in the bay area, it will mean dodging rain drops and sticking to pandemic precautions because we have to stay safe. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. we'll get to the weather forecast in a second. but first governor newsom came to chinatown today, visiting small businesses celebrating the lunar new year despite the pandemic. coronavirus is just one of the challenges they're facing. but the year of the objection could become a year of opportunity as well. abc7 news anchor dion lim joins us live with the community. dion is feeling hopeful, but c

in little saigon, grand sentry mall has become an unofficial gathering place for families to celebrate. shop owners say they are barely hanging on. they are asking the community for support. >> i want to let them know that we are available and open every day. >> hopefully people will come out and support businesses. >> san jose is home to the largest population of asians in the bay area. >>> three new murals have been unveiled in san francisco's chinatown to welcome people back to the neighborhood as it struggles to get back on its feet due to the pandemic. they are part of bigger projects called paint for the bullies. local artists have been painting boarded-up businesses as a way, not only to keep busy, but to bring light and home, light and hope to city streets. >>> a piece of bay area history up in flames. >> i am very sad to see such an historic barn gone. i hope it can be rebuilt. >>> the owners of this popular barn are vowing to do just that. >>> the wind today has finally subsided. tomorrow, we are tracking showers. the valentine's day forecast ahead. >>> it is not just busines

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>>in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood people gathered at the grand century mall saturday ringing in the year of the ox with fire. >>the new year have fun and back play a game and good good good people while revelers packed the malls parking lots staff and visitors say this is the busiest it's been in a year because of the pandemic that's many people coming out. >>but because of the new nike and that's why they come out just a really we have to be events going on right now to like a festival going line like that it is still making a happening regardless of everything research you know the celebrate our culture the lunar new year typically draws thousands of people. >>santa clara county is home to the largest vietnamese community outside of vietnam. lunar new year is also known as tent for the vietnamese culture and is considered the most important festival in holiday in vietnam. many festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year, public health officials visited the site earlier in the week urging the community to follow health guidelines to prevent the spread of

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>>in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood people gathered at the grand century mall saturday ringing in the year of the ox with fire. >>the new year have fun and back here play a game and good good good people while revelers packed the malls parking lots staff and visitors say this is the busiest it's been in a year because of the pandemic that's many people coming out. >>but because of the new that's why they come out just a really we have to be events going on right now to like a festival going line like that it is still making a happening regardless of everything research you know the celebrate our culture the lunar new year typically draws thousands of people. >>santa clara county is home to the largest vietnamese community outside of vietnam. lunar new year is also known as ted for the vietnamese culture and is considered the most important festival in holiday in vietnam. many festivities have been canceled por scaled back this year, public health officials visited the site earlier in the week urging the community to follow health guidelines to prevent the spread of covi

no large gatherings and no fireworks at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood people were snapping up flowers and other items today too get ready for the big day. >>we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit family. >>in person been are willing follow the rules and because that of fate of catching covid passing it on to their older family members. >>and outreach team is encouraging merchants to remind their customers about the need to wear masks and distance many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or dramatically scaled back this year churches and temples are limited to 20% capacity. and fireworks which typically draw thousands of people to the grand century mall will not be happening. >>a rash of violent attacks against asian seniors in the bay area has people on edge during this year's lunar new year. our kron four's maureen kelly went out with san

no large gatherings and no fireworks at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood people were stepping up flowers and other items today to get ready for the big day. >>we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit your family. >>in person been are willing to follow the rules and because there are they afraid of catching covid passing it on to their older family members. >>and outreach team is encouraging merchants to remind their customers about the need to wear masks and distance. many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year, churches and temples are limited to 20% capacity, and fireworks which typically draw thousands of people to the grand century mall will not be tolerated. >>kids in the east bay are returning to school for the first time in almost a year. the orinda you union school district reopen classrooms to elementary school stu

gathering at the grand century mall heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood. they're they're snapping up flowers and other items they were doing this today getting ready for the celebration. >>we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit family. >>in person been are willing follow the rules and because there are afraid of catching covid passing it on to their older family members. >>an outreach team is encouraging merchants to remind their customers about the need to wear masks and distance. many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been either canceled or scaled back this year, churches and temples are limited to 20% capacity. and fireworks which typically draw thousands of people to the grand century mall area will not be tolerated this year. new tonight at 10 2 teenagers were arrested. last night for an attempted carjacking investigators say the 2 boys approached a man with the

justine i'm here at grand all of the quarter story mcloughlin here east san jose in the heart of little saigon course up as you know san jose has one of the largest if not the largest vietnamese american populations in the certainly in california and the lunar new year 2021 a very important celebration that usually take place here in the parking lot, but it's going to be a little bit different this year, let's go inside the mall this county a covid outreach team was door to door if you will inside the mall reminding to stay safe. this coming weekend as people will be celebrating for the next several days but they were reminded these merchants avoid letting too many customers in their store reminding them of the need to wear masks into a social distance and so forth. there was a news conference outside here early this morning where officials also here we're calling on the vietnamese community to avoid large gatherings even in-home gatherings to limit the number of people there and by all means avoid a large celebrations. here's more on that now from santa clara county supervisors in each of us.

they in oakland madison square park chinatown at 03:00pm and conclude that clinton park in little saigon at 05:00pm the coalition will also hold a sister rally at san francisco's civic center on sunday at 01:00pm back to you in the studio. >>thank you so much has equal turn now back to our coronavirus coverage health experts are warning that covid-19 could become seasonal just like the flu. they're predicting that the virus will become dimock disease meaning the covid will be with us forever. but at lower levels and it is now and also cause fewer deaths. johnson and johnson ceo believes that people will get vaccinated against the virus. every year just like we get our flu shots. right now health experts still don't know how long immunity lasts after a covid infection. they do know though that a second infection is likely less serious and won't make us sick as the first. the head of the world health organization is warning against easing restrictions amid the drop in confirmed covid-19 around the world. the number of reported infections globally has now declined for the 4th week in a row.

>>in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood people gathered at the grand century mall saturday ringing in the year of the ox with fire. >>the new year have fun and be a play a game and good good good people while revelers packed the malls parking lots staff and visitors say this is the busiest it's been in a year because of the pandemic that's many people coming out. >>but because of the new nike and that's why they come out just a really we have to be events going on right now to like a festival going line dancing like that it is still making a happening regardless of research you know the celebrate our culture the lunar new year typically draws thousands of people. >>santa clara county is home to the largest vietnamese community outside of vietnam. lunar new year is also known as tent for the vietnamese culture and is considered the most important festival in holiday in vietnam. many festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year, public health officials visited the site earlier in the week urging the community to follow health guidelines to prevent the spread of cov

fireworks but that didn't stop people at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood from getting ready for the big day. >>we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit family. >>in person been are willing follow the rules and because there are of fate of catching covid passing it on to their older family members. >>well many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or at least scaled back this year, churches and temples are limited to just 20% capacity time now 6.38 in national news today is the last day that house impeachment managers will try to convince senators that. >>former president donald trump incited an insurrection yesterday they watch new video than ever seen before video of this mob attacking to cap the capital and and the senators in the room were speechless seeing how close they came to disaster john leal has a closer look. >>police body cam footage s

at madison square park in oakland's chinatown and will end about 05:00pm at clinton park in little saigon sunday's vigil will begin at san francisco's civic center plaza at 01:00pm. >>today members of the california asian pacific island legislative caucus announced that they're taking action to try to put a stop to this violence and with today marking the beginning of the lunar new year. they hope new legislation will be the start of positive change. jamie when explains. >>over the past few weeks asian americans have been the target of violent attacks throughout the state we are here to say enough is enough today members of the california asian pacific islander legislative caucus met at the capitol to say they are going to do what they can to stop the violence against the asian community. the a p i legislative caucus even blaming former president donald trump for the anti-asian rhetoric during the pandemic the narrative of. >>being called the common flu virus. on virus. are us being accused of being chinese spies over the past year lawmakers say they have seen a rise in hate crimes agains

in previous years, thousands from throughout northern california would come to san jose's little saigon district to usher in the lunar new year. over time, grand century mall has become an unofficial gathering place for families looking to celebrate. but now business owners like angel pham say they're barely hanging on. >> a lot of people have the new year in the very happy. >> reporter: in fact, sales at angel beauty are down 90% compared to a year ago. just a few doors away, delight has been a staple for two decades. she is happy to see regulars but worries what the next few months will bring. >> i want them to know we are available and open every day. >> reporter: many businesses such as the ones at grand century mall have been uniquely impacted by the covid-19 crisis. although reports of anti-asian violence have made local and national headlines, not enough has been said about the cultural and historical barriers that asian americans suffer when asking for help. we visit with the asian american round table in san jose. >> the pain is felt in not just that businesses closed, it's the

with the lunar new year wednesday here at the grand century mall in the heart of san jose's little saigonrhood at the same time though they are being urged to abide by state and local health orders and to exercise caution because of the pandemic we are here to say. >>duke morning. and to please celebrate this lunar new year safely we do this real thanksgiving. >>christmas and other festivities and even when asked you again please do not visit your family. >>in person inside the grand century mall and outreach team was encouraging merchants to remind their customers about the need to wear masks and social distancing the are willing to follow the rules and because there are they have great up catching covid passing it on to their older family members many of the region's usual multi-day lunar new year festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year a health order say churches and temples are limited to 20% of capacity. fireworks which typically draw thousands of people to the mall will not be tolerated this year at this point i would like to please for a command for the community an

in little saigon grand century mall an unofficial gathering place for families to celebrate but now shop owners say they're barely hanging on. they're asking the community for support. >> i just want to let them know that we are available and we open every day. >> we're all in it together. hopefully people will come out and support the businesses. >> san jose is home to the largest population of asian americans in the bay area. >>> all right, glad to see people still celebrating, lisa. the weather was pretty nice for it yesterday. >> let's check out this new zephyr cove in nevada where it's nothing but snow and more snow on the way for the next five or six hours. so, it is not a good idea to head to the mountains. in fact, we'll see another system round out the presidents' day weekend. we'll be back with rain tracking for the bay area and a look at the week ahead, next. >> thank you, lisa. >>> also ahead, an offensive listing for a bay area job. with the company behind the ad is saying. >>> and later a bay area chef is giving oslook at the sweet treats you can make for valenti valentine'

madison square park and oakland's chinatown and we'll and around 5 o'clock and clinton park in little saigonl will be held at san francisco city centre plaza at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. now on to a big story. we're following this saturday morning we might see a verdict in president trump's a second impeachment trial later today. now there's a strong possibility that the former president will not be convicted. and his second impeachment could still damage his legacy. and in a rare move earlier this morning. the senate voted to call witnesses during the trial. we're going to have a report from washington coming up in just a few minutes with the latest developments on that noel. >>well now to the latest on the coronavirus california vastly expanding the number of people who've can get the covid-19 vaccine state health officials say as of march 15th, people who're 16 and older with high-risk health conditions or disabilities will be eligible to get their shots. this comes after governor, newsome was met with criticism last month by disability advocates hu feared other at-risk groups were bein

. >> i within saigon when i got a tell ex from upi headquarters, kennerly as one the pulitzer prize forgraphy. a typical wire service fashion added, need soon as comment. vietnam was the biggest story of my generation. i felt an obligation to document the story that was killing so many of us. he every frame i took in vietnam went straight to my heart. i'm proud to be a photographer, an unfortunate to be one that went into war and came out alive. when i got back from vietnam, watergate was the big story. i took a picture of gerald are for, that ended up on the cover of time after nixon picked him to replace vice president agony you, who had resigned. that led directly to me becoming the chief white house photographer. >> soviet president, michael gorbachev, said kennerly work is more than just photography, its history. >> people ask if there's any world event i regret not shooting, of course. everything i missed! but it wasn't much. every photographer, no matter what they do, provide a service and that is to give insight into who we are and wet makes us take. you will find those secrets

. >> northeast of saigon near bong son -- >> reporter: june, 1965, davis led a nearly 19-hour raid. >tually see his was that big. and he said, am i going to die? and i -- i said, not before me. >> reporter: were you ever told to leave? >> well, twice. >> reporter: as davis first revealed in 1969 to an up and coming local tv host, phil donahue. >> i told him, sir, i'm not going to leave. i still have an american out there. >> what did he say? >> he told me to -- to move out. and i just disobeyed the order. >> reporter: there by davis' side, ron dyce, the team's youngest survivor. >> captain davis refused and said, no, i'm not leaving while -- i'm not leaving while i have men out on the field. >> reporter: general westmoreland who led u.s. forces in vietnam, visited davis' outpost. and his commander, billy cole, recommended davis for the medal of honor. and then somehow the paperwork vanished in vietnam. a 1969 military review did not reveal any file on davis. what makes the paris davis case stand out? >> that it was lost. everybody i've talked to that served under him says that he's th

>>in the heart of san jose's little saigon neighborhood people gathered at the grand century mall saturday ringing in the year of the ox with fire. >>the new year have fun and back play a game and good good good people while revelers packed the malls parking lots staff and visitors say this is the busiest it's been in a year because of the pandemic that's many people coming out. >>but because of the new nike and that's why they come out just a really we have to be events going on right now to like a festival going line like that it is still making a happening regardless of everything research you know the celebrate our culture the lunar new year typically draws thousands of people. >>santa clara county is home to the largest vietnamese community outside of vietnam. lunar new year is also known as tent for the vietnamese culture and is considered the most important festival in holiday in vietnam. many festivities have been canceled or scaled back this year, public health officials visited the site earlier in the week urging the community to follow health guidelines to prevent the spread of

challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigonact as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the m