Woman drives car into 85 Degrees Bakery Café in Irvine, California

A car plowed through a popular bakery in Irvine, California, on Friday morning, shattering the establishment’s glass facade.  Purported cust...

Ex-UC Irvine student throws his mother off campus building before jumping himself: police

Andrew Nguyen Doan, 36, threw his mother, Thao Thai Nguyen, 77, off a campus building at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), before...

Orange County declares racism a ‘public health crisis’

Before you read: Report: Anti-AAPI hate crimes in Orange County continued to surge in 2021 ...

Michelle Steel emerges victorious in race riddled with claims of red-baiting, anti-Asian racism

U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R, CA-45) will remain congresswoman of California’s 45th District after winning the race against Democrat Jay Che...

Report: Anti-AAPI hate crimes in Orange County continued to surge in 2021

According to a new report from the Orange County Human Relations Commission, the county recorded 398 hate crimes and incidents in 2021, a 6...

Misprinted UC Irvine sweatshirt pulled from Costco becomes sought-after item among students

Less than a day after Costco pulled a misprinted UC Irvine sweatshirt from shelves, it has become a sought-after item for many of the campu...

Orange County meal prep business owner and daughter disables alleged thief with a table

Chef Carol Garnier and her daughter Mary Dao successfully thwarted a man who allegedly tried to steal from their meal prep business in West...

Irvine police arrest California dermatologist accused of poisoning husband

Irvine police arrested a Southern Californian dermatologist on suspicion of poisoning her husband. Yue Emily Yu, 45, was arrested on Thursda...

California church mass shooter charged with hate crimes, faces death penalty

Hate crime enhancements have been added to five attempted murder charges against David Wenwei Chou, the Las Vegas man accused of opening fi...

Orange County doctor John Cheng remembered for his heroism at Taiwanese church shooting

John Cheng, a 52-year-old sports medicine doctor, was brutally shot during a mass shooting at a Laguna Woods church on Sunday. He was hail...

Suspect in California church mass shooting was motivated by hate against Taiwan, police say

The fatal shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Southern California is now being investigated as a hate crime, authorities said on Mond...

Las Vegas man, 68, identified as suspect in deadly mass shooting at California Taiwanese church

David Wenwei Chou, 68, has been arrested for shooting multiple people at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Californ...

Westminster park renamed after Tony Lam, the first Vietnamese American to win political office

Park West Park in Westminster, California, has been renamed after Tony Lam, the first Vietnamese American elected into political office in ...

AAPI groups protest outside Democrat Jay Chen’s office over his remark on Rep. Michelle Steel’s accent

The founder of nonprofit group AAPI United, James Mai, marched with about 50 people, including representatives from 46 other AAPI advocacy ...

GOP accuses Democratic house candidate Jay Chen of ‘mocking’ Korean American Rep. Michelle Steel’s accent

California Democratic candidate Jay Chen is being criticized for comments he made about Korean American Congresswoman Michelle Steel’s (R, ...

‘We are in America’: BCD Tofu House diner goes on racist rant because Apple Pay wasn’t accepted

A customer at a BCD Tofu House in Irvine, California, berated an employee with racist insults after they were told the restaurant did not t...

‘They tricked me’: Vietnamese refugee sues ICE for trying to deport him three times

An Thanh Nguyen, who was formerly incarcerated, says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has tried to deport him three times sin...

‘You came from South Korea’: Irvine vice-mayor confronted with xenophobic questioning at council meeting

On Tuesday, Irvine Vice-Mayor Tammy Kim was subjected to racism and xenophobia during a council meeting for a project to build a veterans ce...

Anti-Asian hate incidents spike by 1,800% in Orange County

Anti-Asian hate incidents — attacks that do not rise to the level of a hate crime — have increased in 2020 by a whopping 1,800% in Californi...

Man released after plowing into Asian mother and daughter, leaving them with critical injuries

Two Asian women remain in critical condition after a pickup truck crashed into them in Anaheim, Calif. on Independence Day. What happened: T...

Suspects Face Charges for Killing 6-Year-Old Boy in Road Rage Shooting in California

Authorities arrested two suspects connected to the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy during a road rage incident on the 55 Freeway in Orang...

Law Firm Claims Attorney Who Posted Racist LinkedIn Comment About ‘Wuhan Lab’ Was ‘Hacked’

A Texas-based personal injury attorney is under fire after allegedly commenting a racist message on an Asian man’s LinkedIn post. What happe...

OC Vietnamese American Teen Gets Accepted to 16 Elite Colleges

An 18-year-old teen from Westminster, Calif., was recently accepted to 16 elite colleges, including Princeton and Harvard University. Many a...

Man Who Punched Elderly Couple and Harassed Olympic Athlete, Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crime Charges

A man who punched an elderly Asian couple has been charged with hate crimes during his arraignment on Tuesday, local prosecutors revealed.  ...

Man Who Harassed Olympian Sakura Kokumai Arrested After Assaulting Elderly Couple in OC Park

A man who was filmed harassing Olympic athlete Sakura Kokumai weeks ago in Orange County has been arrested after also allegedly attacking an...

Suspect Accused of Punching Korean American Woman at Skate Park in Tustin Faces Hate Crime Charge

An 18-year-old woman was verbally attacked and physically assaulted by a male suspect last Sunday morning at her local skate park in Tustin,...

Man Accused of Attempting to Sexually Assault ‘White’ Woman in Response to Anti-Asian Crimes

An Asian man accused of kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault an Asian woman because he thought she was white has been arrested and ...

Japanese American Olympian Racially Harassed While Training in Orange

Sakura Kokumai, a Japanese American Olympic athlete, was verbally harassed while training at a park in Orange, CA. The incident happened in ...

Man Who Threw Rocks at Asian Mother and Child in Fullerton Charged With Hate Crime

A Caucasian man in Fullerton, CA has been charged with a hate crime after throwing rocks at an Asian woman and her 6-year-old son last month...

Suspect Who Beat Elderly Asian Man in Irvine is Arrested Thanks to Community Tip

A 23-year-old man has been arrested for the assault of an elderly man that occurred last Friday, according to the Irvine Police Department. ...

Asian Family Who Just Lost Father Gets Racist, Threatening Letter After Funeral

Authorities in Orange County, California are investigating a potential hate crime after a grieving Asian American family received a threaten...

Suspect in Assault of Elderly Asian Man in Irvine Wanted by Police

Irvine Police are asking the public’s help to identify a young man, possibly a teen, who attacked a 69-year-old Asian man during an ar...

Woman Creates Booklets in 7 Languages on How to Report Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

A California woman has taken the fight against anti-Asian violence to a creative new level. Esther Lim (@essyli), a second-generation Korean...

Neighbors Team Up to Protect Asian Family’s Home After Teens Throw Racist Insults and Rocks in OC

Neighbors have banded together to help an Asian American family rest peacefully at night after being continuously harassed by teens at their...

California Congresswoman Who Once Questioned Mask-Wearing Catches COVID-19

Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), who once expressed skepticism about the mask mandate in Orange County last spring, has tested positive for COVID...

Racist Man Follows, Harasses Asian Woman Who Asked Him to Wear a Mask in OC

A woman shopping in Orange County, California has become the latest target of anti-Asian racism amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The incident, wh...