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· Ryan General
Parents Condemn Race Categories for Asians in California School Registration Forms
Some Asian parents in California’s Bay Area have banded together to express their concerns over being asked detailed information about their children’s race in school registration forms. According to Lucy Ye, she was asked to indicate what Asian ethnicity her child was on the…
· Khier Casino
Korean Woman Visiting Her Daughter Brutally Beaten, Robbed at California Hotel
Police are searching for three men who beat and robbed a Korean woman who was visiting her daughter in California outside a Best Western Hotel in Placentia last Friday. Officers arrived at the hotel at around 9:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a robbery and discovered the…
· Ryan General
Horrific Armed Robbery of Asian Home in California Leaves 3 Dead, 1 Wounded
Police are still investigating the case of a puzzling gunfight in East Fresno that resulted in three people dead and one person wounded. Two armed men, identified as half-brothers Xavier Williams, 23, and Elijah Mays Sr., 27, both of Sacramento, reportedly entered the home of an…
· Carl Samson
Frozen Tuna From Asia With Hepatitis A Recalled in California and Texas
A massive recall of frozen tuna imported from Vietnam and the Philippines is underway in California and Texas after being linked with Hepatitis A. The products, distributed by Hilo Fish Company, include yellowfin tuna steaks from Sustainable Seafood Company in Can Lam Khanh Hoa…
· Ryan General
California Mayor Hopes Asians and ‘the Gays’ Will Save His City
In an alleged bid to reduce crime and improve living conditions, a conservative Republican Southern California Mayor says he wants to bring in more Asians and “the gays” to his city. Lancaster Mayor Raymond Rex Parris told Vice in an interview that his city now needs to have…
· Carl Samson
High School Valedictorian Drowns Just Before Graduation in California
Family and friends are mourning the death of Neng Thao, a high school senior in California who drowned on Saturday. He was about to graduate as class valedictorian in two weeks. The unfortunate incident occurred just hours after Neng attended his brother’s graduation, who was…
· Carl Samson
California Assemblyman Evan Low Formally Calls for Trump’s Resignation
Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) of the California Legislature has introduced a resolution that calls for President Donald Trump’s resignation from office and urges Congress to impeach him when he refuses. The resolution, AJR 17, cites Trump’s actions as deemed inappropriate by…
· Ryan General
California Now Investigating Racist Airbnb Host Who Rejected Woman Because She Was Asian
Dyne Suh, the alleged victim of discrimination by an Airbnb host, has recently filed a complaint with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The case involved a Trump-supporting host who canceled the reservation of the Asian American woman at the last minute…
· Ryan General
California Finally Recognizes Chinese Workers Who Built America’s Railroads 148 Years Ago
After almost a century and a half, the Chinese railroad workers who labored for six years to construct the Transcontinental Railroad are finally being recognized for their huge contribution. May 10 has been officially proclaimed California Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial Day…
· King Malleta
California Father and Daughter Sentenced For Organizing Green Card Marriages For Chinese Nationals
A California woman and her father were both found guilty of running an illegal business that helps Chinese nationals obtain a green card via fake marriages with U.S. citizens. According to NDTV, a 44-year-old Lynn Leung and her 67-year-old father, Jason Shiao, ran an illegal…
· Carl Samson
More Asian American Women in California Are Getting Breast Cancer
The incidence of breast cancer among Asian Americans in California has been on the rise since 1988, a long-term study revealed. The findings, published online before the April print of “Breast Cancer Research and Treatment”, showed that the largest increase occurred among…
· King Malleta
FBI Raids California Offices to Bust Scam That Gives Rich Chinese Immigrants Visas
Federal agents have conducted raids in San Gabriel Valley, California as part of an alleged visa fraud investigation. According to FOX 11, officials from the FBI and Homeland Security Investigation are looking into a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that targets Chinese foreign…
· King Malleta
California Man Becomes First Undocumented Filipino Deported By Trump
The first reported Trump-deported Filipino from Southern California speaks out about his experience. Rey Galleon, who has been working and living in the United States for seven years without proper documents, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 17.
· Ryan General
Asian-run ‘Uber of Sex Trafficking’ Crime Ring Busted in California, Minnesota
A criminal organization, which prosecutors call “the Uber of sex trafficking”, is now facing charges after authorities uncovered its operations in Minnesota and California. It was also discovered that the international human trafficking and prostitution ring operated in 29…
· Ryan General
Vietnamese-American Billionaire Donates $5 Million to California Flood Victims
A Vietnamese-born billionaire has pledged a multimillion-dollar donation to the victims of the recent flooding in San Jose, California. Napa winery owner Kieu Hoang, a well-known philanthropist from the Bay Area, presented a $5 million check to city officials on Wednesday.
· Khier Casino
Family Demands Answers After 72-Year-Old Granny is Killed in California Hit-And-Run
Seventy-two-year-old Amy Yuen was killed in a hit-and-run crash on February 10 after she and her 75-year-old husband were rear-ended on Interstate 880 in Hayward, California. The grandmother was a passenger in the 1999 Acura TL that her husband Lun was driving home to Milpitas,…
· Ryan General
Korean Church in California Vandalized With Swastikas in Possible Hate Crime
Local authorities in Buena Park, California are currently investigating a possible hate crime after a Korean church was found to be vandalized with German texts and swastikas on Saturday. Churchgoers of the Presbyterian church called “True Light Christian” were shocked to see…
· Ryan General
Meet Chef Hidekazu Tojo: The Legendary Creator Of the California Roll
Japanese-Canadian Hidekazu Tojo has won several awards during his legendary 40-year career as a chef. Mostly recognized for inventing the hugely popular California roll, the Vancouver-based culinary master is now 66 and is still at the top of his game. Just recently, Japan’s…
· Ryan General
Regen Villages: California Company to Build What Will Be the ‘Tesla of Eco-Villages’
California-based developer ReGen Villages, in partnership with Danish architectural firm EFFEKT, will build utopian off the grid societies that can produce their own food and energy this year. The concept, ReGen Village, is a revolutionary self-sustaining neighborhood concept…
· Editorial Staff
Tech Firm CEO Offers $10 Million to Put on a Trump-Sanders California Debate in June
The CEO of a New York-based tech company has offered a hefty sum to draw likely GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump into a debate with potential Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders. Richie Hecker, chairman and CEO of Traction and Scale, responded to a proposition from Trump…