Untangling Chinese Family Roots: Genealogist offers some tips
September 26, 2003
Jeanie Low, a San Francisco-based genealogist and lecturer for the National Genealogical Society, specializes in Chinese American history and offers tips on how to begin a search for family history. Read more
The Father of All Chinese Doctors: Holt A. Cheng was a trailblazer
September 26, 2003
Recognition came nearly a century after Holt A. Cheng graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco in 1904 and handily passed the California Medical Board examination to become the first Chinese American licensed physician in California. Read more
Her Bum Is on Fire: Jessica Hagedorn debuts with her latest novel
September 26, 2003
After years of chatting on the phone and sending various e-mails back and forth, I finally got the chance to meet writer extraordinaire Jessica Hagedorn. Read more
‘Good’ Job, Supervisors
September 26, 2003
The effect of Proposition N — or Care Not Cash (CNC) — is still reverberating, regardless of its legal and political fate. Read more
Letters to the Editor
September 26, 2003
Supply and Demand
DEAR EDITOR: I am an active parent and serve on the School Site Council at two San Francisco public schools where my children attend. Read more
The Nationwide Impact of California’s Recall Election
September 26, 2003
The Washington, D.C., region was hard hit by Hurricane Isabel last week, with well over a million people left without power, water or both. Read more
UpFront News Briefs
September 26, 2003
OVERHEARD“[The suit] definitely plants the seeds for other people and groups in other states to initiate [litigation] where there are punch-card ballot machines in some jurisdictions and not in others.” Read more
Chaplain Detained Over Documents
September 26, 2003
For nearly a year, Army Chaplain Capt. Yousef Yee peered through the steel mesh cells at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, dispensing religious guidance to suspected terrorists. Read more
Liu Keeps NYC Council Post
September 26, 2003
John Liu won the Democratic primary on Sept.9 in his bid to remain district 20’s representative to the New York city council.Liu’s victory, 64 percent to 36 percent, over Isaac Sasson ensures that he will retain his position as the only Asian Pacific American citywide elected official, since there is no Republican challenger in the Nov. 4 general election. Read more
Fox Cancels ‘Banzai’
September 26, 2003
Mr. Banzai will no longer scream “Banzai!” for your television viewing pleasure. Fox television has canceled Banzai after a summer of controversy and protests. Racial caricatures like the show’s Mr. Banzai, who dressed in a karate outfit and shouted in a thick accent, offended many Asian Pacific American viewers. Read more
Chasing Chickens: National Chicken Month in full effect
September 26, 2003
Chaat Café
320 3rd St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 979-9946
Hours: Mon. – Sun.: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Read more
San Francisco Schools Cracking Down on Truancy
September 26, 2003
The San Francisco Unified School District has begun to make strident efforts to crack down on perpetually tardy pupils and students who chronically cut class. Read more
