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· Carl Samson
An Asian employee at a San Francisco Walgreens has raised both praise and concern for following a man as he allegedly stole items off their shelves. Cellphone video shows the worker, identified only as Mary, trailing and calling out the alleged thief who stuffed products into…
· Carl Samson
An Asian staffer at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown reportedly fell victim to an anti-Asian tirade before the garden opened on Saturday morning. The alleged attacker, a man who blocked the garden’s entrance with several bags of bottles, used…
· Carl Samson
Deborah Huggins, who was recently appointed Queens College’s interim public safety director in New York City, allegedly called College President Frank Wu a “ch*nk” and referenced “corona,” according to an ongoing petition. Huggins allegedly made the remark after Wu became the…
· Carl Samson
An Asian senior, 69, was reportedly pistol-whipped and robbed of his Rolex watch in Daly City, California, on Thursday at around 4:30 p.m. The incident, which was captured by a home security camera, reportedly occurred in the 1300 block of Skyline Drive. In the video of the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Brooklyn real estate developer Xihui “Steven” Wu falsely claimed he had the right to sell apartment units to Asian immigrant families residing in his 345 Ovington Avenue residential building. Wue also has not obtained rights from the New York State to sell condo units. After he…
· Michelle De Pacina
Jamie Chung, 37, and his girlfriend Tierney Oberhammer, 35, received an invoice from the Courtyard by Marriott in York City, Pennsylvania, with an anti-Asian racial slur typewritten on their bill. “They’d written the racial slur ‘Ching and Chong’ on it. Pretty bold and brazen,”…
· Carl Samson
Two men accused of a violent robbery that resulted in the death of an Asian senior man in Oakland, California, last year have reportedly been ordered to stand trial. Pak Ho, 75, was out for a morning walk when Teaunte Bailey, 27, allegedly approached and punched him. He fell on…
· Carl Samson
Madeline Barker, 47, was charged with 12 counts of hate crimes after allegedly pepper-spraying a group of Asian women in New York City on June 11. Nicole, one of Barker’s alleged victims, told NextShark that the then-unidentified suspect told her group of friends “Go back to the…
· Editorial Staff
The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council (OCIC) is organizing the Oakland Chinatown Summer Festival, a street fest meant to celebrate the community’s resilience against COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate. The event will take place on 9th Street (from Franklin to Alice Streets) from…
· Ryan General
Community leaders in Oakland Chinatown revealed that they are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the fatal shooting of a ride-hailing driver near the city’s Little Saigon. Patrick Fung, 52, was inside his parked car outside his home near Little…
· Ryan General
APIA Vote, AAPI Data and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian American Justice Center released a new poll that highlights how Asian Americans continue to be ignored by political parties despite being strongly committed to participating in the 2022 election. The poll, for…
· Bryan Ke
American and Canadian entomologists changed the common name of the “Asian giant hornet” to "northern giant hornet." The Entomological Society of America (ESA) said in a press release on Monday that it adopted the new common name for the species Vespa mandarinia to avoid…
· Carl Samson
San Francisco-based circus group The Dahlias has accused Japheth Dillman, co-founder of game accelerator YetiZen, of failing to pay $50,000 for a birthday party performance that took place in Sonoma, California, last year. Christine Lee, one of The Dahlias’ four Asian American…
· Bryan Ke
A court in Portland, Oregon, has dismissed the bias crime case against a man accused of kicking an Asian American woman and spewing racial slurs at her last year. A Multnomah County judge dropped the case against Peter Eschright without prejudice last week, explaining that the…
· Grace Kim
Sandra Oh, Randall Park, George Takei and Bowen Yang were announced as guest stars in the animated prequel series “Gremlins: Secrets of Mogwai.” Zach Galligan, who played Billy in the original film franchise, is also set to make a return. Already announced to lead the series are…
· Bryan Ke
Sania Khan, a 39-year-old Pakistani American photographer and TikToker, was allegedly killed by her ex-husband Raheel Ahmed, 36, inside her condominium in Streeterville, Chicago, on July 18 before Ahmed turned the gun on himself in what police ruled as a murder-suicide. Khan was…
· Ryan General
Republican senatorial candidate Jim Lamon was targeted with a political ad that contained elements considered racist against Asians. The clip made several allegations against Lamon, including his company’s ties to suppliers from China, his hand in building nuclear power plants…
· Carl Samson
Tuli Aumaunofo Kalani Tevaga, 23, was charged with four counts of first-degree robbery and one count of a hate crime for allegedly targeting Asian-owned spas in Washington state from April to June. Tevaga, who is identified as Asian American and Pacific Islander himself,…
· William Yuk
It is fitting that the multiverse-spanning “Everything Everywhere All At Once” features one of the most ubiquitous actors in Hollywood history — James Hong. The sheer multiplicity of roles Hong has played throughout his seven-decade-long career can be attributed to his…
· Jane Nam
NextShark sat down with legendary journalist Ben Fong-Torres, who gained worldwide recognition for his work as an early writer for Rolling Stone magazine, to talk about his documentary, “Like a Rolling Stone: the Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres,” which chronicles his career…
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