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Business
Multi-billion-dollar SF start-up Scale AI accused of exploiting Filipino workers
U.S. tech company Scale AI is being accused of failing to abide by labor standards for its workers living abroad in the Philippines, accordi...
Michelle De Pacina
SF pet store owner looking to pass down 40-year-old shop for free under 1 condition
A San Francisco pet store owner is willing to pass down his beloved store to a new owner for free — but under one condition. Looking for tak...
Bryan Ke
Issues & Racism
Y Combinator CEO cartoonized to allegedly mimic Chinese Exclusion Act-era poster in ‘racist’ critique
Venture capitalist Garry Tan is calling out “hard leftists” in San Francisco for using his image in a cartoon that allegedly mimicked a post...
Carl Samson
Crime
Dallas and Boston rated safest large US cities in new poll
Dallas and Boston have been rated by Americans as the safest out of 16 large U.S. cities, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll results:...
Asian American History
Meet Wallace Fong, the man who helped light San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge
An upcoming PBS docuseries episode will be featuring unsung heroes who helped bring San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to life, including Ch...
Bay Area
Asian seniors, 88 and 86, assaulted in back-to-back San Francisco attacks
Two Asian women have fallen victim to separate attacks in the past two weeks in San Francisco, according to reports. The incidents: The pair...
State Department says fire attack on Indian consulate in San Francisco is criminal offense
The U.S. State Department has condemned the recent arson attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. What happened: The San Francisco F...
Environmental
Lab-grown chicken makes US debut at Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco
“I can’t wait for more people to get their first bite – it’s a magical moment that inspires an exciting world of new possi...
Ryan General
‘Lucky to survive’: SoCal entrepreneur recalls being shot while driving in San Francisco
“I heard multiple gunshots in front of me, and as I looked to my left, I saw a car with a gun sticking out.” ...
‘That’s what America is about’: Sugar Bowl Bakery co-founder reflects on his family’s pursuit of the American dream
“How come all the houses look the same?” then-24-year-old Andrew Ly wondered while touring San Francisco for the first time. The air was col...
SF Chinatown welcomes Chinese Railroad Workers History Center
A museum dedicated to remembering Chinese laborers who helped build the United States’ first transcontinental railroad opened in San Francis...
3 more suspects arrested in robberies targeting Asian Americans in the Bay Area
Three men have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies that targeted Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose ...
Suspect sentenced to prison for violent Rolex robbery in San Francisco
One of the suspects behind the violent Rolex robbery of two men in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 2019 has been sentenced to four years in pri...
Man charged with hate crimes for throwing eggs, harassing Asian passengers of an SF Muni bus
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has announced that Joseph Benjamin, a man who allegedly yelled racial slurs at Asian women an...
Entertainment
‘Bling Empire’ star Kelly Mi Li welcomes first baby with cop boyfriend William Ma
“Bling Empire” star Kelly Mi Li has given birth to a baby girl with her partner, William Ma. The couple welcomed their daughter Mili on Apri...
Adele Lim’s ‘Joy Ride’ to open 41st annual CAAMFest in San Francisco
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) has announced that Adele Lim’s comedy flick “Joy Ride” will kick off the organization’s 41st annu...
Daniel Anderson
Jesse Q. Sutanto novel ‘Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers’ to get series adaptation
Jesse Q. Sutanto’s novel “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers” will be getting a series adaptation produced...
San Francisco Chinatown boba shop burglarized twice in one night
A bubble tea shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown was burglarized twice in one night. Surveillance footage from Thursday shows a woman walking ...
Education
SF parents sue local school district to put Algebra I back in middle school
San Francisco parents are suing the city’s public school district for not offering Algebra I to middle school students and for requiri...
Teen filmed beating Asian security guard in San Francisco mall brawl
A video showing a teenager shoving and beating an Asian security guard in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria has gone viral on Twitter. The...
History
Tom Hsieh, former SF supervisor and developer ‘hero,’ dies at 91
Former San Francisco Supervisor Thomas “Tom” Hsieh, who was regarded as a “hero” and a trailblazer for Chinese Americans in loca...
SF Chinatown cop revealed as boyfriend of ‘Bling Empire’ star Kelly Mi Li
“Bling Empire” star Kelly Mi Li has revealed that her boyfriend is San Francisco police officer William Ma. Li first dished details about he...
Man wanted for racist egg-throwing spree on San Francisco Muni bus
San Francisco police are looking for a man who has been accused of yelling anti-Chinese expletives while throwing eggs at Asian passengers o...
‘I miss my children so much’: Why an American father is walking endlessly on a treadmill in Seoul
In various locations across South Korea’s capital, John Sichi has been walking miles on a treadmill in a desperate effort to draw attention ...
Ana Yoo
Culture
San Francisco’s Chinatown to introduce multilingual parking pay stations
San Francisco’s Chinatown can expect a new multilingual upgrade to their parking pay stations next week. On Feb. 2, the San Francisco...
Iris Jung
Man accused in SF brick and metal grate attack on 3 Asian Americans charged with hate crimes
A man is facing multiple charges with hate crime enhancements after allegedly attacking three Asian Americans while making racist comments i...
91-year-old woman with dementia punched, knocked into concrete in SF attack
A 91-year-old woman has reportedly fallen victim to a seemingly random attack in San Francisco’s Richmond District. The incident occurred at...
‘We here and we rappin’: Bay Area seniors welcome Year of the Rabbit with rap music video
The Grant Avenue Follies, a dance troupe of seniors from San Francisco’s Chinatown, kicked off the Lunar New Year with a rap song and ...
Rich Ting ready to ‘widen the doors’ opened by Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Wu as SF Chinese New Year Parade grand marshal
Actor Rich Ting talked with NextShark ahead of leading San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade on Feb. 4 as grand marshal. Ting is known for...
17-year-old arrested for kicking elderly Asian woman on SF Muni bus
Before you read: Elderly woman kicked in stomach on SF Muni bus: ‘As an Asian American, I don’t feel safe’ A 17-year-old male has been arres...
‘What my family has created in moving here is worthy to be on national television’: Chef Kathy Fang’s family story stirs something new onscreen
“I didn’t think what we were doing at the restaurant was that fascinating to people,” chef and restaurateur Kathy Fang tells NextShark...
News
Indian American boy, 16, dies after jumping off Golden Gate Bridge
A 16-year-old Indian American male jumped to his death from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Tuesday, according to reports. The teen’...
China
Chinese billionaire arrested in London over SF bribery scandal posts $18.4 million bail
A Chinese billionaire allegedly connected to the San Francisco corruption scandal that has rocked the city since 2020 has been arrested in L...
Elderly woman kicked in stomach on SF Muni bus: ‘As an Asian American, I don’t feel safe’
A 79-year-old woman was kicked in the stomach while boarding a San Francisco Muni bus on her way to work on Dec. 3. The victim, identified...
Social Media
Corgis fly business class from SF to Singapore
Corgis Mindy and Peanut had the trip of a lifetime aboard a Singapore Airlines business class flight from San Francisco to Singapore. Thei...
Isa Peralta
San Francisco creates US’ first Pacific Islander cultural district
San Francisco approved a resolution on Tuesday that will create the U.S.’ first Pacific Islander cultural district. The cultural district ...