Sponsored
Calendar
-
Resent Stories
Archive for February 20th, 2004
-
UCLA gets $500,000 to Study World War II internments
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsA wealthy Japanese American who was sent to an internment camp is donating $500,000 to study the massive World War II imprisonment. -
Fifty and Fabulous
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsThink 50 is over the hill? If you answered yes, then this story might change your mind. Actress Amy Hill and dancer Michael Lowe celebrated 50th birthdays within the last year but retirement is far from their minds. With 30-plus years of theatrical experience, Hill... -
Mother on the Run: For Amy Hill, life gets better in the second half
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsAmy Hill never loses her sense of humor. Hill, who burst onto the Hollywood scene playing the plus-size grandma in All American Girl, had gastric bypass surgery in September. -
SROs Threatened by ‘Affordable Housing’ Measure: Chinatown on the cutting edge of Proposition J
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsLeung King Man, 86, hardly speaks or reads English. But she understands plenty. As a group of low-income housing activists rallied on Feb. 12 in front of the single room occupancy (SRO) on 655 Clay St., where she has lived in for more than 20... -
Plaque Honoring Chinese American Soldiers Restored
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsAs rain began to fall from the heavy, gray skies on Feb. 16, more than a dozen American flags blew in the wind at Saint Mary’s Square Park, where a group of American veterans and relatives of Chinese American veterans from World Wars I and... -
Moving On, Moving Up: Michael Lowe says no to slowing down
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsMichael Lowe is an enfant terrible. Never mind that he just turned 50. “I think young,” Lowe says in between taking bites from his veggie burrito. “And what does that mean? I’m always open to everything. I listen a lot; I’m a good listener. I... -
Huun-Huur-Tu: Asia Central Meets America West
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsSan Francisco is always an important stop on Huun-Huur-Tu’s tours of the United States, for it was here that the synthesis of Asia and America throat-singing meets the blues had its start over a decade ago. The Southern California-based physicist Richard Feynman’s obsession with the... -
Call to Candidates
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsThey’ve watched presidential hopefuls woo NASCAR dads, blacks in South Carolina and Hispanics in New Mexico, and now some Asian Pacific Americans are wondering: What about us? -
Preliminary Hearing Set
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsMuslim Army chaplain James Yee spent 76 days in a prison cell while authorities tried to build a capital espionage case against him. Now he is free, the most serious allegations replaced by lesser ones like adultery and possession of pornography, and the military justice... -
Focus on the Target Audience
Posted on February 20, 2004 | No CommentsDominic Mah wants your money. He doesn’t have a get-rich-quick scheme. He won’t use your money to buy drugs, pay for call girls or hit the craps table in Las Vegas.