At its meeting on May 7, the Citizens of Cupertino Cross-Cultural Consortium (5Cs) will review Breaking Through, a memoir by Santa Clara University professor Francisco Jimenez.

The book focuses on 14-year-old Francisco and his family, who are caught by la migra (immigration officers) and forced to leave their California home.

The memoir was selected this year in the "Silicon Valley Reads: One Book, One Community" project.

The 5Cs organizes multicultural presentations, book reviews and ethnic restaurant visits every three months and meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Cupertino City Hall unless noted otherwise.

For more information, call 408.777.3331.


City honors the 2003 CREST award winners

The city of Cupertino will recognize eight individuals and two groups with the 2003 CREST awards at a ceremony on May 16.

CREST—an award honoring people who have made outstanding contributions to the city—stands for Cupertino Recognizes Extra Steps Taken.

This year's recipients include the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation, Chuck Corr, Fusako Hoyrup, Linda Rios, Victor Wong, the Toyokawa Sister City Committee, Fari Aberg, Joe Tembrock, George Tyson and Ann Woo.

The event, which is sponsored by the city of Cupertino, will take place at 7 p.m. on May 16 in the Cupertino City Council Chambers, 10300 Torre Ave.


Concert features local artists in benefit show

A benefit concert for the 2003 Watermark Tijuana Missions Trip will feature local artists Vienna Teng and Jennifer Yax.

The concert, which takes place on May 19 at the Quinlan Community Center, will raise money to support the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community and the Watermark Youth Group, whose members are heading down to Tijuana, Mexico, to build houses for Mexican families.

This will be their fourth trip to Tijuana with Amor Ministries. Over the past three trips, the group has built four houses in a total of 18 days.

Advance tickets for this benefit concert are $10-$12, and tickets purchased at the door will be $15. Call 408.771.6942.