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Sambo Ly assists nonEnglish-speaking patients. 12
Items on sale include art and household goods. ART SUPPORTERS Valerie Tavares (left) worked hard with guild board member Judy Anglin on the 2024 show.
Art guild’s holiday show and sale ● Local artists sell work and fundraise for arts and students in the community By Stephanie Uchida
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e all have an artistic side, expressive and unique; it is just waiting to come out and be expressed,” says Edie Christensen, featured artist at the opening gala for Olive Hyde Art Guild’s 2025 Holiday for the Arts Show and Sale. This year’s fundraiser gathers 88 local artists, 32 of them new, showing unique art pieces across media. Ticket sales from the gala as well as 30% of sales go to funding the
guild’s community programs through the rest of the year. Guild efforts include workshops and field trips, scholarships for Fremont High School seniors and Ohlone students, an art workshop for Serra Center students, art supplies gift cards for Abode Services and City of Fremont Youth and Family Services, donations to Fremont Main Library for art books and Fremont Unified School District for art materials. The ticketed gala gives a first look at all the pieces for sale,
plus food and drink provided by in-kind sponsors. There will also be a drawing for an acrylic painting by Christensen, “A Magical World Under the Sea.” In the colorful scene orange fish and sea creatures swim through turquoise water over a coral reef. “I’d gone snorkeling with my daughter this last year in the Sea of Cortez, and I wanted to put light and movement in this painted world,” said Christensen. Gala goers will also hear live Jalisco harp music from Salvador Vázquez. The instrument has a long history, with roots in the arrival of Spain and the — More on page 10
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● BLT Enterprises provides updates to sorting machines and gathering spaces
New robots and AI-technology are currently being installed at the Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station. BLT Enterprises announced $10 million dollars worth of improvements to the recycling and waste facility in Fremont. The star of these changes are two new robots and five new AI-enabled optical sorters that will help separate different types of recyclable items. BLT Enterprises offers waste management services to multiple California cities and is responsible for building the Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station about 20 years ago. The facility is located at 41149 Boyce Road in Fremont. BLT Enterprises Recycling and Waste Management president Shawn Guttersen said
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A Fremont recycling facility receives new AI-enabled equipment
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OPINION
Chinese roots Library exhibit honors early local Chinese community. 14
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Gloves on Union City boxing gym competes in Southern California. 25