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Police estimate that at least $1 million worth of cash and personal belongings have been looted all across the state this year alone from Asian American homes. 
 

Philadelphia City Council member David Oh said Asian stereotypes are partly to blame. “When it comes to a stereotype type that someone is vulnerable and susceptible, that typically leads to crime.” 
 

Corporal Brent Miller of the Pennsylvania State Police added that thieves will do everything from disguising themselves as landscapers to following potential victims home from work. The thieves typically work in teams with one entering the home, one on lookout and one as the getaway driver. The entire burglary can happen in 30 minutes or less.

• Taiwanese American Chen Suen has become the first Asian American fire chief in Arcadia, California. He has served in Arcadia’s Fire Department for 18 years.

• A monarch houses many: A new affordable housing complex called “The Monarch” in Fresno’s Chinatown will soon have its first crop of residents. The complex has 56 income-based units and it so far has received 3,000 applications for residence. 

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• Cantonese College: The City College of San Francisco announced the launch of two Cantonese certificate programs for the 2023-2024 school year. One program is a 9-unit conversational Cantonese course and the other is a 17-unit Chinese Cantonese course that comes with Asian American studies as well. 

• A first death sentence: Iran has issued its first death sentence over the protests that have rocked the country. The accused was sentenced to death for setting fire to a government building. 

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• Anthem on accident: Hong Kong leaders have ordered a police investigation after “Glory to Hong Kong,” a 2019 protest song played during a rugby match between Hong Kong and South Korea instead of the Chinese anthem “March of the Volunteers.”  

• Oscar objection: Pakistan has banned the film “Joyland” for Oscars submission due to the “highly objectionable material that does not conform with the social values and moral standards” of the country. The film is a love story between a son and a trans woman.   

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• Ten rings and $100k: Simu Liu donated $100,000 to the nonprofit Feeding America. Liu was in attendance at the inaugural BoxLunch Holiday Gala in Los Angeles.

• A bride walked down the aisle with her brain surgeon, Dr. Alex Yu, who has taken care of her for the past eight years. 
   
• BTS’ Jungkook will perform at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. 
   
• There is a 30-year-waitlist for these Japanese beef croquettes. 
   
• One kilogram of whale tail meat sold at a Japanese auction for $3,600. 
   
• A welcome sign for the Bangladeshi community in Detroit was vandalized.