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July 29, 2005
| Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting |
By Bea Baechle
Editor
Master Malia Bernal and her Kung-Fu class at the East Valley YMCA may be one of Evergreen’s best-kept secrets—until now.
The 62-year-old woman, a seventh-degree black belt, brings 40 years of Kung-Fu experience to the students who faithfully attend her classes twice a week. In her heyday, as Malia Dacascos, she broke the gender barrier in a male-dominated sport, paving the way for the advancement of women in the martial arts.
Amassing hundreds of trophies and awards in America and throughout Europe in her competitive days, Bernal won just about everything she could in tournament karate—Read
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Police unveil new
Web site in response to
rise in car thefts, pedestrian fatalities Almaden Valley averages 2-3 car
thefts a week
By Lorraine Gabbert
Staff Writer
In response to a recent rise in car thefts and pedestrian fatalities, the Vehicular Crimes Unit of the San Jose Police Department has created a new Web site to educate the public and hopefully lessen these occurrences.
“In the last six to eight months, we’ve had a horrendous rash of auto break-ins and auto thefts,” says Read
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