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Dennis Wu, San Francisco Civic Leader and Business Man Retires
Drums sounded and colorful lion dancers pranced in front of the podium at San Francisco’s Banker’s Club on Sept. 14 marking 37 years of service and the retirement of Dennis Wu, national managing partner of the Chinese Services Group for Deloitte and Touche USA.
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Every TV Viewer Counts: APA television concerned about accuracy of Nielsen’s new meters
After nearly half a century, American television is going through a major overhaul on how viewership is measured, and the nation’s TV rating service, Nielsen Media Research, says Asian Americans will not be left out.
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Pagoda Palace Taqueria in North Beach
In seemingly another milestone for the Pagoda Palace theater, officials announced that the landmark site between North Beach and Old Chinatown will now become a Mexican taqueria.
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Responding With Hope to Sept. 11
Three years after the tragic events of Sept. 11, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni remains haunted not only by the vivid images of what happened, but also by the repercussions felt throughout the country, especially in the South Asian American community.
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Yoshida Brothers Kick Out the Shamisen Jams
Tokyo’s Yoshida Brothers are telporting a centuries-old Asian folk instrument into a modern world of MP3s, fast cars and throbbing dance floors. Now they’re transporting it overseas to American audiences on their upcoming U.S. tour.
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Arts Briefs
Oklahoma Farmer Finds Niche in Korean Veggies
MARLOW, Okla. — Surrounded by cattle and wheat, Leroy Barton has found an agricultural niche that caters to Koreans.
It started with planting peppers for Mexican restaurants. Then he added in napa cabbage, the primary ingredient of kim chee, a mainstay of the Korean diet. -
Bay Briefs
CEDG Funds Visitors Center
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s new board members of the Chinatown Economic Development Group (CEDG) have rehired its executive director, Sally Leung, and authorized or modified various community grants after recovering $140,000 last week, as reported in AsianWeek (“Chinatown Panel Gets $140K Back,” Sept. 16). -
Nation Briefs
Destroyer Named after Adm. Chung-Hoon
PEARL HARBOR, Hawai‘i — The USS Chung-Hoon, the Navy’s newest and most advanced warship, is now in its homeport of Pearl Harbor. -
Global Briefs
Burning Rubber in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, China —Tickets have sold out, hotel rooms are booked solid, advertisements have taken over the city and even government officials are rushing to the race track. -
80-20 Delays Endorsement
Delegates from the 80-20 Initiative, a non-partisan political action committee representing Asian Americans, have delayed issuing an endorsement in the presidential race until at least the end of September.
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National Museum of the American Indian Opens in D.C.
Washington, D.C., played host to tens of thousands of American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and visitors and dignitaries of all backgrounds this week as the National Museum of the American Indian opened its new facility on the National Mall.
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Hoo-ahs for APAs
James Yee, Antonio Taguba, Eric Shinseki and Gordon Chung-Hoon. They symbolize four different Asian Pacific American military heroes who have risked careers and lives.
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