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· Ryan General
A 260,000-square-foot Vietnamese indoor market modeled after a Ho Chi Minh City landmark planned for Bay Area
Development company Intelli is planning to turn a former Sears store in San Jose, California, into an indoor market mimicking the iconic Vietnamese landmark Ben Thanh Market. According to Intelli head Do Van Tron, they are planning to create a retail, restaurant and food complex…
· Bryan Ke
Armed robbers pistol-whip man to get his $60,000 Rolex at 99 Ranch in Rowland Heights
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is now looking for two armed men who reportedly pistol-whipped an Asian man and woman outside a 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Heights on Saturday. The suspects robbed the male victim of his $60,000 Rolex watch, according to the…
· Carl Samson
Elderly Asian couple bound, gagged and pistol-whipped in San Jose home invasion
An elderly Asian couple was reportedly bound, gagged and pistol-whipped during a home-invasion robbery in San Jose, California, on May 31. The suspects found the victims’ ATM card and forced them to call a translator after struggling to retrieve a PIN, according to reports.…
· Carl Samson
Dashcam footage captures moment San Jose woman driving home catches armed robbers in the act
A woman living in San Jose, California, caught robbers in the act while pulling into her driveway last week. Dashcam footage from her vehicle shows multiple intruders running around her garage, with one of them holding a gun. The woman called 911 to report the robbery, saying…
· Carl Samson
San Jose man faces up to 30 years in prison for smuggling US aviation tech from NASA contractor to China
Jonathan Yet Wing Soong, 34, has been charged with smuggling and violating export control laws after allegedly sending sensitive aeronautics software to Beihang University, a public university in Beijing. Beihang is included on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s strictly…
· Carl Samson
California’s Asian Republican congresswomen urge community to vote GOP to fight anti-Asian attacks
In an op-ed for the Lunar New Year, California Reps. Michelle Steel (R-48) and Young Kim (R-39) addressed issues faced by the Asian American community under Democratic leadership. The pair of lawmakers cited the recent surge in reported hate crimes, purported discrimination in…
· Ryan General
San Francisco apologizes for historical racism, violence against Chinese Americans
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors released a resolution apologizing for the "systemic and structural discrimination" the city imposed against the Chinese American community over the past 150 years. The resolution, filed by Supervisor Matt Haney in November, was prepared by…
· Carl Samson
Critics charge NY Times story on disagreement between Asian and Black activists ignores data
The New York Times is facing criticism for failing to address what some contend is a crucial point in a recent article that sought to explain why Asian and Black activists struggle to unite against violence. Driving the news: In a 1,500-word story published on Sunday, the Times…
· Carl Samson
Rapper NLE Choppa sparks outrage for stepping on Asian man on new album cover
Memphis-based rapper NLE Choppa has come under fire after portraying an Asian man as a dangerous person on the cover of “Drop Sh*t,” his latest album under Warner Records. The rundown: On the album cover of “Drop Sh*t,” NLE Choppa and his “family” can be seen stepping on an…
· Carl Samson
Mom-and-son duo arrested for 28 robberies targeting elderly Asian Americans in Garden Grove
A woman and her son accused of 28 robberies that targeted elderly Asians in Garden Grove, California, over the past six months were arrested on Tuesday, according to city police. What they did: Floarea Ghiocel, 47, and her son Marius Ghiocel, 32, are allegedly part of an…
· Carl Samson
San Jose robbery crew suspects charged with hate crimes for targeting over 100 Asian American women
Six men were arrested and charged with hate crimes for their alleged involvement in more than 70 cases of violent robberies, burglaries and thefts that have targeted over 100 Asian American women in the San Francisco Bay Area since last year, the San Jose Police Department…
· Bryan Ke
Newly unveiled San Jose monument honors South Vietnamese soldiers who defended Quang Tri Citadel
A San Jose community has recently unveiled a monument that honors the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) of South Vietnamese soldiers who fought invading northern soldiers and defended the provincial capital of Quang Tri during the Vietnam War. In honor: The Quang Tri…
· Ryan General
SF students create a resolution urging the city to apologize for its anti-Chinese past
San Francisco may finally follow the steps of other California cities that have apologized for their historical discrimination toward the Chinese American community. A century and a half late: A resolution introduced at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday…
· Carl Samson
Cupertino vice mayor sparks outrage after saying Chinese Exclusion Act was not racist
Cupertino Vice Mayor Liang-Fang Chao has come under fire for defending the infamous Chinese Exclusion Act last week. What she said: In an email sent to some 2,000 parents in the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD), Chao pointed out that the law only barred Chinese laborers…
· Bryan Ke
Los Angeles issues apology, makes memorial pledge on the 150th anniversary of Chinese massacre
On Sunday, Los Angeles became the largest city in the U.S. to apologize for its past atrocities, particularly a mass lynching that killed 19 Chinese immigrants. The apology: Speaking at an event outside the Chinese American Museum in downtown L.A., Mayor Eric Garcetti apologized…
· Maina Chen
‘Is that a Filipino thing?’: Vietnamese man harassed about child’s dinosaur flag, has car windows smashed
A Vietnamese man’s car windows were smashed by an unidentified man who had earlier harassed him about his 3-year-old son’s dinosaur flag in San Jose, Calif. An encounter turned sour: On Sept. 22, Thien Ly was in his driveway with his young children when an unidentified man drove…
· Bryan Ke
City of San Jose to issue formal apology for historical racism against Chinese, destruction of Chinatown
Lawmakers in San Jose, Calif. are expected to pass a resolution on Tuesday apologizing for the city’s role in racism, xenophobia and arson that targeted the Chinese community during the late 1800s. The apology: Led by Councilman Raul Peralez, local lawmakers will address Chinese…
· Editorial Staff
7 places and activities in California that will soon require COVID vaccination
Since our world was rocked by the outbreak of the pandemic, one thing is clear – we have a new normal ahead of us. Especially with the risk of the more recent Delta variant (and others that may follow) looming on the horizon, it’s only becoming more important and necessary to…
· Thy Nguyen
Olympic throwback: first female Asian American Olympic gymnastics medalist serving community as pediatrician
The first female Asian American Olympic gymnastics medalist has been serving her community as a pediatrician for the past decade. A historic win: Amy Chow, now 43, was the first Asian American woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics when she competed in the 1996 Atlanta…
· Ryan General
Woman Spits at San Jose Restaurant Employees in TikTok Video After Offered a Mask
A woman was captured on video spitting at employees of a hot dog joint in San Jose, Calif. on Tuesday afternoon. @alilseulijust because the staff politely asked her to put on her mask 🙄🙄 ##foryoupage ##karen ##karengonewild ##viral♬ original sound – i