Spanish-Mexican New Broadway era Adobe version of West treats receives new Christmas audiences floor Carol with comes to Miracle on Castro Valley 34th Street Page 19 Page 38 Page 10 Scan for our FREE App or Search App Store for TCVnews 510-494-1999 [email protected] www.tricityvoice.com November 15, 2016 Vol. 15 No. 45 SUBMITTED BY VICKILYN HUSSEY PHOTOS BY JAMES SAKANE Music at the Mission opens its twelfth season of Chamber Music Outside the Box with “Slavic Dreams” on Saturday, November 19, at Old Mission San Jose. “Slavic communities spread throughout Eastern Europe, each with a distinctive art, yet united by language and culture. Explore the music of the Near East, Russia to the Czech Republic, and the Balkans with Janácek, continued on page 11 Preventing the preventable through community outreach BY PHILIP KOBYLARZ here in our own backyard. The STEP Up Ohlone program at Ohlone College has been very year in our country we lose what advocating mental health education and amounts to a small town through the assistance for the past five years. On affliction of suicide. More people are November 19, the program will join in lost to suicide than to car crashes or “International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day” Efirearm violence, and researchers continue to by sponsoring an event on the Ohlone campus. study the phenomenon, while those in the fields Breakfast will be served and an American of psychology and health care attempt to find Foundation for Suicide Prevention solutions to this ongoing problem. Rates are at (AFSP) -produced documentary titled “Life an all-time high and it is estimated that every Journeys: Reclaiming Life after Loss,” will be single day 117 people take their own lives. shown, which traces the grief and healing Although psychologists do not fully journey following a suicide loss over time. understand the processes and reasons that cause According to Project Director Sang Leng some people to be so overwhelmed by despair Trieu, STEP Up Ohlone features many that they see no solution to a temporary low workshops, including stress management for point in life, experts are resolute about the fact students, and provides crisis intervention that many, if not all, suicides are preventable. training for its faculty and staff that enables The statistics are staggering. According to a them to have a dialogue with those in distress. recent study by the Centers for Disease Control She notes that, “This will be the fourth year we BY CYNDY PATRICK and Prevention, suicide now ranks as a higher are hosting this event. It’s one of the few events PHOTOS BY JOY WANG cause for middle school student (ages 10 to 14) we do that reaches the broader community and deaths than car crashes. The picture is also a not just the Ohlone College community. We are Have you happened to see a monarch butterfly floating by lately? puzzling one: the highest rates occur in those age humbled to be part of a network, with more Chances are that this incredible little orange insect may be headed to Ar- 85 or older, with the second highest percentage than 300 sites across the country, where we can denwood Farm, one of several large coastal winter gathering spots that in- being those who are between the ages of 45 to provide a place for people to connect with others clude Pismo Beach, Pacific Grove, and Natural Bridges. 64. Younger people have a lower rate (around 11 who have experienced loss, a place to grieve and How lucky we are to have Ardenwood in our own backyard! At this percent) but it is still shockingly high begin to understand and cope with their loss.” very moment hundreds of monarchs are headed this way from Washing- considering we live in a society where help is ton, Oregon, and the Sierra Mountains. This generation of butterflies readily available. continued on page 6 began arriving in late October and will stay until early February. Yet, there is light among the grey clouds of despair. Locally, we have a vital resource right continued on page 20 INDEX Classified. 25 It’s a date . 21 Public Notices. 34 Arts & Entertainment . 21 Community Bulletin Board . 36 Kid Scoop . 18 Real Estate. 15 Contact Us . 29 Mind Twisters . 16 Sports . 26 Bookmobile Schedule . 24 Editorial/Opinion . 29 Obituary . 30 Subscribe . 37 Business . 8 Home & Garden . 13 Protective Services . 33 Page 2 WHAT’S HAPPENING’S TRI-CITY VOICE November 15, 2016 symptoms started is crucial in deciding how aggressively we manage the stroke." “The sooner we can treat a patient who has suffered a stroke, the better the results are likely to be – as time is brain,” Dr. Jain says. “The degree of the patient’s disability is determined by how big the stroke is and what part of the brain is affected.” Disability is defined as difficulty speaking and communicating, difficulty using one’s arms or legs due to paralysis, blindness, and/or difficulty swallowing. Stroke survivors often lose their ou are with a friend or In addition to being the fifth independence and ability to live family member and leading cause of death, strokes are the same life they lived before a suddenly he/she seems the primary cause of serious, stroke. Patients have to undergo to be behaving long-term disability. extensive lifestyle modification. bizarrely,Y suggestive of stroke. “It is important to know as Participation in an ongoing Don’t spend time trying to much as possible about strokes rehabilitation program, under the figure out if it is a stroke. The since you don’t know when a direction of specialized therapists, first thing to do is to call stroke might strike someone you offers stroke patients some 911 immediately. know,” Dr. Jain explains. measure of improvement, The elapsed time between a “That’s the purpose of our according to Reyes. stroke onset and medical stroke seminars,” Dr. Jain adds. Rehabilitation is the key treatment can be the deciding “Then, if a stroke occurs, you’ll to stroke recovery, Reyes adds. factor in the degree of damage know what to do and what Stroke patients and their and the speed of recovery, rehabilitation and recovery When a stroke is suspected, call 911 immediately. caregivers must take advantage according to Dr. Ash Jain, may entail.” of rehabilitation experts who cardiologist and medical director Dr. Jain and Stroke Nurse Conrad E. Anderson, MD, mitigating damage from a stroke. include physical, occupational of the Washington Hospital Melissa Reyes, RN, will discuss Auditorium at Washington West, “Our primary goal is to treat a and speech therapists. Equally Stroke Program. “Acute Management of Stroke” 2500 Mowry Ave., Fremont. Free stroke as quickly as possible once important, she says, is the will of Treatment must begin within and “Chronic Care and Stroke parking is available adjacent to a patient reaches our emergency the stroke survivor to get better. a few short minutes from the Rehabilitation” at a free, the building. The public is department,” Dr. Jain says. “Even As seating is limited, advance onset of a stroke, Dr. Jain says. two-hour community education encouraged to attend any or all small delays can have heavy costs. registration for the free program Brain damage occurs quickly; a program from 6 to 8 p.m. of the monthly programs. Research has shown that out- is recommended. To register or person suffering a large stroke Tuesday, Dec. 6. For stroke victims, the cutting comes are better when an indi- for more information, visit loses 2 million brain cells every The program, part of an edge care at a certified Primary vidual can properly identify signs www.whhs.com/events or call minute, according to the Ameri- ongoing monthly stroke seminar Stroke Center, like that at Wash- of a stroke and then seek help (800) 963-7070. can Stroke Association. program, will be held in the ington Hospital, is critical for immediately. Knowing when the continued on page 5 InHealth broadcasts on Comcast Channel 78 in Fremont, Newark and Union City and online at www.inhealth.tv The full schedule of InHealth programs listed below can also be viewed in real time on the Washington Hospital website, www.whhs.com TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 11/15/16 11/16/16 11/17/16 11/18/16 11/19/16 11/2016 11/21/16 12:00 PM Diabetes Matters: Diabetes Matters: Diabetes Matters: Learn About the Signs New Treatment Options 12:00 AM Healthy or Hoax Monitoring Matters Gastroparesis & Symptoms of Sepsis for Chronic Sinusitis Sports Medicine Deep Venous Program: Youth 12:30 PM Thrombosis Sports Injuries 12:30 AM Pain When You Dietary Treatment to Nerve Compression Turning 65? Get To Vertigo & Dizziness: Walk? It Could What You Need 1:00 PM Treat Celiac Disease Disorders of Know Medicare Be PVD to Know 1:00 AM the Arm What You Should Women's Health Know About Carbs Conference: Can 1:30 PM Sports Medicine and Food Labels Lifestyle Reduce the Diabetes Matters: The Family Caregiver The Weigh to 1:30 AM Program: Exercise Risk of Cancer? Diabetes Domino Series: Legal & Success & Injury Effect: ABCs Financial Affairs Family Caregiver 2:00 PM Series: Panel 2:00 AM Reach Your Goal: Discussion Minimally Invasive Quit Smoking Good Fats vs. Surgery for Lower 2:30 PM Bad Fats Washington Back Disorders Washington Sports Medicine Program: Big 2:30 AM Changes in Concussion Care: Washington Township Health Township Health Township Health Care District Care District What You Don't Know Can Hurt You Care District 3:00 PM Board Meeting Board Meeting Board Meeting 3:00 AM Prostate Cancer: What Diabetes Matters: October 12, 2016 October 12, 2016 Alzheimer's Disease You Need to Know Type 1.5