Gia Vang

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The Golden State Valkyries finally went into action on Tuesday night. They played their first preseason game at Chase Center in San Francisco. The WNBA's newest team played against the Los Angeles Sparks. Sparks defeated the Valkyries, 83-82. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are The Valkyries is led by head coach Natalie Nakase, the first Asian American woman to hold a WNBA head coaching position. Veteran WNBA players Tiffany Hayes and Kayla Thornton are also part of the team.

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Wednesday marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. Last November, Santa Clara County elected its first Vietnamese American and Asian woman supervisor. Betty Duong is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are She shared a defining feature of her upbringing and how she now uses her experiences when serving. This comes as the next generation of Vietnamese Americans wrestle with their own challenges. NBC Bay Area's Gia Vang has more in the video report above.

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A well-known San Francisco pastor and civil rights leader says he is frustrated by a change by the Smithsonian Museum. Reverend Amos Brown said he loaned two artifacts to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Now, the items will be returned to him in just a few days. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are “A bible that I used in the Civil Rights struggle and we marched with Dr. [Martin Luther] King and went to jail.

2 weeks ago | nbcbayarea.com | Gia Vang

Wednesday marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. To mark the moment, NBC Bay Area is sharing stories from the Bay Area about the people whose lives were forever changed by the Vietnam War. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are In Gia Vang's video report above, hear from veterans about the call to action, coming home and the future of veterans' care. NBC Bay Area is continuing to share more stories of the people impacted by the Vietnam War and their lives now.

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From tragedy to opportunity for change? There is a now a petition to close the road where four high school students were killed in West Marin County. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are There is a growing memorial on San Geronimo Valley Road in west Marin County that is still visited by mourners, more than a week after a violent crash that killed four teens and sent two others to the hospital.