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Business
South LA’s first Costco could have 800 apartment units built on top
If approved, South Los Angeles’ first Costco could be part of a mixed-used development that would see 800 apartment units sitting on t...
Iris Jung
Entertainment
LA’s TCL Chinese Theatre breaks out into dance during ‘RRR’ screening
With lots of cheering and chanting, audience members who attended TCL Chinese Theatre’s recent screening of Indian action drama film “...
William Yuk
Crime
Woman and child in critical condition after stabbing at Los Angeles Target
A 25-year-old Asian woman and a 9-year-old boy are in critical condition after being stabbed with a “butcher-style knife" inside a Tar...
Carl Samson
$50K offered for info on Asian senior burned, killed in Los Angeles home
Los Angeles announced a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect in a home invasion robbery that left 81-year-o...
Boy, 13, arrested for murder of elderly Asian store clerk in Los Angeles
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the murder of 68-year-old Steven Reyes at Tony’s Market in Highland Park, Los Angele...
Senior Asian store clerk dies after being struck in the head with scooter by teen shoplifters
Los Angeles police are looking for a group of teenagers accused of killing a senior Asian American store clerk while stealing items from his...
‘True allyship’: Black man hailed hero after saving elderly Asian man from carjacking perp
An unidentified man is being hailed as a hero after reportedly preventing a carjacking that purportedly targeted an elderly Asian man. A v...
Wig store owner stabbed to death by 2 teens during robbery in downtown Los Angeles
Du Young “Tommy” Lee, a 56-year-old wig store owner, was stabbed to death while trying to stop a robbery in Downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion D...
Michelle De Pacina
Culture
City of Los Angeles designates September 17 as ‘Squid Game Day’
The Los Angeles City Council has designated Sep. 17 as Squid Game Day to commemorate the Netflix show’s impact on American pop culture. Ko...
Rebecca Moon
Government
Cambodian refugee who came to US as 1-year-old is deported after no pardon from California Gov. Newsom
On Tuesday, Phoeun You, a former child refugee from Cambodia, was deported to a country he is barely familiar with after failing to get a p...
Ryan General
Environmental
Gondola project at Dodger Stadium sparks gentrification and privacy fears from Chinatown residents
A mile-long gondola project at Dodger Stadium has sparked fear among Chinatown residents who worry about gentrification and privacy concern...
Arcadia nurse accused of shooting into neighbor’s apartment over piano noise in California
Kathryn Pugh, a 39-year-old registered nurse, was arrested for allegedly firing several gunshots into the apartment of her neighbor, Pin Hs...
81-year-old woman found dead and ‘semi-charred’ in suspected home invasion robbery in Los Angeles
Ok Ja Kim, an 81-year-old Korean woman, was found dead and "semi-charred" in her Los Angeles home on Tuesday in what police are i...
Food
Sriracha factory slows from producing 18,000 bottles of Sriracha an hour to just 2,000 an hour
Due to a drought, the Sriracha factory in Irwindale, California, is producing about 2,000 bottles an hour compared to its usual production o...
Los Angeles DA Gascón seeks to overturn death sentence of man who murdered two Japanese students
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón petitioned to change the death sentence of Raymond Oscar Butler, the man who murdered tw...
Man accused of attacking Filipino American family at Hollywood drive-thru pleads not guilty
Nicholas Weber, the 31-year-old man accused of hurling racial slurs and attacking a Filipino American family at a McDonald’s drive-thru in ...
Bryan Ke
Suspect in murder of elderly Asian man in LA had mental issues that ‘came out of nowhere’, uncle says
Keonte Woods, 25, is accused of fatally stabbing 70-year-old Dal Lee in Los Angeles’ South Main Street on May 5. Lee was sitting inside hi...
Asian US Navy veteran knocked out in LA Koreatown attack to press charges if assailant is caught
A U.S. Navy veteran was knocked unconscious after being sucker-punched in Los Angeles’ Koreatown on Tuesday afternoon. The 32-year-old vic...
Events
KCON LA 2022 reveals second set of headliners
KCON LA have announced the second set of headliners for their 10thanniversary celebration. The second round of headliners include Ateez, I...
Daniel Anderson
Los Angeles
Activists demand justice for victims of anti-Asian attack at North Hollywood McDonald’s drive-thru
Dozens of supporters stood beside the Roque family outside the Van Nuys District Attorney's Office in Los Angeles on Friday as they ur...
KCON LA 2022 reveals first set of headliners
Rejoice K-pop fans, as media and entertainment company CJ ENM announced on Thursday the first round of headliners for KCON LA 2022. With the...
Arrest warrant issued for man who attacked Filipino family at North Hollywood fast food drive-thru
Nicholas Weber, 31, was ordered to appear in court on June 8 after he made racist remarks and physically attacked Gabriel Roque and his fam...
Los Angeles’ ban on gas stoves could spell the end for many Korean BBQ, Chinese restaurants
Last Friday, the Los Angeles County City Council passed a motion placing a ban on most residential and commercial gas appliances in an effo...
Celine Pun
Rent prices tripling in an LA Chinatown apartment building means residents face possible homelessness
The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to vote today on plans to buy a 124-unit Hillside Villa apartment building in Chinatown amid huge...
Jane Nam
‘Heartbroken’ Olivia Rodrigo condemns Texas elementary school shooting during LA performance
Olivia Rodrigo addressed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting during her performance in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. “I wish we would never...
Alleged church shooter sent diary calling himself ‘destroying angel’ to newspaper before attack
David Wenwei Chou, the gunman who opened fire at a Southern California Taiwanese church on Sunday, mailed a flash drive and seven photocopi...
Film & TV
‘Money does not bring you happiness’: LA’s wealthiest Asians on ‘Bling Empire’ Season 2 talk money and drama
Netflix’s hit reality show “Bling Empire” is back with more drama enveloping the lavish lives of Los Angeles’ wealthiest Asians. Ahead of t...
Grace Kim
Korean American store owner, 61, shoved to the ground in LA after confronting man about unpaid groceries
Gi-ryung Chang, the 61-year-old grocery store owner of G & J Market in Los Angeles, was shoved to the ground by a man she confronted ab...
Art
Tokyo-based TeamLab sues Los Angeles Museum of Dream Space for copying their artwork
Tokyo-based art collective TeamLab has sued the Museum of Dream Space (MODS), a digital art museum in Los Angeles, for copying TeamLab’s 20...
Lifestyle
California bride goes viral for wearing $47 Shein dress at her ‘minimal’ wedding
A couple in California held a low-cost wedding at which the bride wore a $47 wedding dress from Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein ...
Punk rock girl group The Linda Lindas return to the LA Public Library for Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The Linda Lindas, who went viral last year in May for performing at the Los Angeles Public Library’s Cypress Park Branch, made their debut ...
Twice becomes first K-pop girl group to headline and sell out US stadium show
Twice’s upcoming two-night encore concert at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles sold out both nights, making them the first-ever K-p...
Asian, Black leaders to hold unity event on 30th anniversary of Los Angeles uprising
Asian and Black civil rights leaders have organized an event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising on April 29. ...
First kimchi factory in the US to open in Los Angeles
On Tuesday, Korean food company Daesang made history by opening the first kimchi factory in the U.S. Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of ...
LA’s Historic Filipinotown to unveil $587,000 entrance arch paying tribute to frontline healthcare workers
The Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles will unveil a 30-foot high, eastern entrance arch this coming May. The gateway, which was designe...
UCLA community put on alert over white supremacist rally flyer that praised Atlanta spa shooter
A flyer stating a white supremacist rally would be held on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Feb. 14 caused concern among...