Bay Briefs
April 29, 2005
Temple Beats Rowland Hts. Moratorium
LOS ANGELES — The County Regional Planning Commission has approved an eight-acre Buddhist temple in Rowland Heights.
The California Yuan Yung Buddhism Center in Los Angeles applied for relocation to Rowland Heights in 1998, but faced a six-year moratorium on church-building. Even after that moratorium expired, opponents launched noisy and confrontational protests.
The new temple, set to begin construction in 2006, will be nearly 60,000 square feet over 15 buildings with housing for 32 nuns and rooms for 30 quarterly-retreat visitors every year.
“I felt excited,” temple member Vera Yeh told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.” Can you believe it? We have been waiting for this for seven years.”
The Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council and nearby homeowners’ associations have 15 days to appeal, but said they would rather negotiate traffic and noise issues with the temple instead.
Chin, Bautista Reappointed to Library Panel
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced five appointments to city commissions, including two Asian Americans to the Library Commission.
Lonnie Chin, principal of Spring Valley Science Magnet School in San Francisco, and Helen Marte Bautista, with the National Association of Filipino American Association were both re-appointed to their seats.
Newsom also appointed Dr. Donald Eugene Tarver II to the Health Commission, Larry Kane, also to the library commission, and reappointed Kelly Dearman to the Human Services Commission.
Suspect Sought in South S.F. Attack
Police are looking for a suspect in the bloody attack on a Hong Kong youth visiting San Francisco on an exchange program. Choin “Marco” Chu was found beaten and bleeding from the head late in the evening on April 22. Police found Choin, 13, in the area of Galway and Greendale drives in South San Francisco. The victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, police said. He remains in critical but stable condition following the attack, which occurred within an hour after he got off a SamTrans No. 122 bus and was walking within a block of his home.
A passerby found Choin on the sidewalk just after 10 p.m. He suffered injuries to all four sides of his skull in the assault.
Police are following tips in the neighborhood, but at this point they do not know who committed the attack, according to Joni Lee, community relations sergeant in South San Francisco. Those with any information that might help in the case should contact the South San Francisco Police Department at (650) 877-8900.
Chan Honored for Public Health
Assemblywoman Wilma Chan (D-Oakland) has been named “Legislator of the Year” by the California Public Heath Association – North. The organization was impressed with her public health work both in and out of the State Assembly, particularly in preventing and treating childhood asthma, protecting children from environmental toxics, and encouraging school gardens as an educational tool.
“This is a tremendous honor,” said Chan, who leads the Assembly Health Committee. “The recognition from health care leaders inspires me to work even harder to ensure that every California child has health coverage.”
Chan is currently pushing legislation to provide health coverage for the 1 million children in the state who lack insurance.
Dynamic Korea 2005 in L.A.
Dynamic Korea 2005 presents the 1st International Mayor’s Cup Tae Kwon Do Championship. Also, traditional Korean dance, chart-topping Korean boy bands, and a kim chee festival.
DETAILS: Sat., April 30, 10 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. LA Sports Arena Center, 3939 S. Figueroa St., LA.
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