plus, some folklórico dancing on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidaddel valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin once again with family giving tree. it's such an important topic. with me on "comunidad del valle" is jonathan sanchez, who is in charge of some of the efforts there with family giving tree and hoping to get, again, more backpacks donated to our schoolchildren across the bay area. thank you so much for being here. jonathan sanchez: thank you for having me. damian: well, talk about this need and the efforts that you do to kind of provide for that need. jonathan: yeah, definitely, so currently, the need is we only serve 35,000 students. we served 35,000 students last year, but the overall need is over 350,000 students throughout the bay area who qualify for a free backpack from our organization. so definitely we only are serving the 10% of the overall students that are in need of school supplies. damian: now, here we have--this is a community-wide effort here, some video that we're looking at, and this is kind of the topic here. i mean, t

damian trujillo: hello and welcome to "comunidad del valle." i am damian trujillo and today our tribute to pepe martinez, a former leader of mariachi vargas de tecalitlan, we lost him here last weekend. plus, also, the hola run on your "comunidad del valle." announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today, with again, our monthly visit by the mexican consulate in san jose. the topic today is cinco de mayo, of course that's next week. with me on "comunidad del valle," again, once again, is loren cruz sandoval. welcome to the show again. loren cruz sandoval: thank you very much, damian. it is a pleasure to be here with you. damian: thank you. well, you know what? we always say that cinco de mayo isn't celebrated in mexico. it's more a chicano thing here and maybe an american thing here but we do celebrated cinco de mayo over there. loren: and we celebrate it in a very big and in a very big kind of way. and actually, we want to, well just to talk about what we celebrate here in cinco de mayo becau

"comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today with biking and bicycling. with us on "comunidad del valle" is carlos velazquez with the silicon valley bicycle coalition. welcome to the show, carlos. now, you just scolded me a little while ago off camera because i don't bike to work. what's the big deal? talk about why it is a big deal, carlos. carlos velazquez: well, silicon valley bicycle coalition, our main goal is to work with city leaders to make our streets and trails safer. and, also, to do more to--host programs and activities to encourage more people to get on their bike. damian: now, it's not just about the environment, right? i mean, there's some health aspects here that i could certainly benefit from if i did bike to work and bike more often maybe. carlos: well, you know, there--everyone always talks about the health aspects of it, environmental. it takes more people off the roads. it gets--it's a very healthy form of exercise but for me, it's fun. i get to explore the city. i get to the see--have

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damián trujillo: buenas tardes y bienvenidos a comunidad del valle, yo soy damián trujillo y hoy en nuestromián trujillo: comenzamos hoy con 2 mujeres que están envueltas en ese tema tan importante aquí en el condado de santa clara, con nosotros en este show nos acompañan lupe rodríguez y joanna molina, que son miembros de la comisión del estado de la mujer, aquí en el condado de santa clara, bienvenidas al programa. guadalupe rodríguez: gracias, gracias por invitarnos.

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plus, some folklórico dancing on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidaddel valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin once again with family giving tree. it's such an important topic. with me on "comunidad del valle" is jonathan sanchez, who is in charge of some of the efforts there with family giving tree and hoping to get, again, more backpacks donated to our schoolchildren across the bay area. thank you so much for being here. jonathan sanchez: thank you for having me. damian: well, talk about this need and the efforts that you do to kind of provide for that need. jonathan: yeah, definitely, so currently, the need is we only serve 35,000 students. we served 35,000 students last year, but the overall need is over 350,000 students throughout the

plus, also, the hola run on your "comunidad del valle." announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today, with again, our monthly visit by the mexican consulate in san jose. the topic today is cinco de mayo, of course that's next week. with me on "comunidad del valle," again, once again, is loren cruz sandoval. welcome to the show again. loren cruz sandoval: thank you very much, damian. it is a pleasure to be here with you. damian: thank you. well, you know what? we always say that cinco de mayo isn't celebrated in mexico. it's more a chicano thing here and maybe an american thing here but we do celebrated cinco de mayo over there. loren: and we celebrate it in a very big and in a very big kind of way. and actually, we want to, well just to talk about what we

"comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. mian: we begin today with biking and bicycling. with us on "comunidad del valle" is carlos velazquez with the silicon valley bicycle coalition. welcome to the show, carlos. now, you just scolded me a little while ago off camera because i don't bike to work. what's the big deal? talk about why it is a big deal, carlos. carlos velazquez: well, silicon valley bicycle coalition, our main goal is to work with city leaders to make our streets and trails safer. and, also, to do more to--host programs and activities to encourage more people to get on their bike. damian: now, it's not just about the environment, right?

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