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Get Your Grub On
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsWhen trying to find the best food hotspots in the Bay Area, it can be difficult to decide which restaurants to eat at and try. With so many restaurants and different styles of food, it can get overwhelming. For the food lovers, Grub Crawl is... -
San Francisco Murder of Five Spotlights Asian Gambling Addiction
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 2 CommentsBy New America Media’s Ngoc Nguyen and Vivian Po SAN FRANCISCO – What drove Binh Thai Luc, 35, to be charged this week with slaying five people in a San Francisco home last week? The grisly murders have rocked the city and left investigators and... -
MAYOR QUAN DOESN’T RECALL & CPMC-LEE DEAL
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsI DON’T RECALL: Distancing her name from word “recall.” Oakland Mayor Jean Quan repeatedly underscored “Oakland is on the Rise” last Friday for more than 400 packed in Oakland’s Chinatown Restaurant Peony. Quan’s highway green-colored signs “Stand with Oakland…Stop the Recall” don’t mention her name,... -
On the Scene: March Madness
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsMARCH MADNESS If you ever want to find crowds marching with madness, just drive by Las Vegas Boulevard, no matter what time of day, in all kinds of weather – the crowds are there! Away from that madness, is the Rio All Suite Hotel and... -
Freedom From Fear: “The Lady”
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsAmidst the zeitgeist of the world’s political unrest, it is befitting that French film director, Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, Fifth Element), brings to the screen “The Lady”, an inspiring depiction that tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner... -
SF State Professor’s Film Explores Racism in 19th-century Pacific Northwest
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO – What does a late-1800s Pacific Northwest town have in common with today’s immigration debate? Quite a bit, says SF State’s Valerie Soe. Soe, an assistant professor of Asian American studies, has written, directed and produced a new short documentary called “The Chinese... -
Update – Secret Goldman Transfer Of 20 Million Shares
Posted on March 28, 2012 | 1 CommentGoldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) secretly and unlawfully transferred over 20 million Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ: MRVL) shares owned by its two Asian Pacific American co-founders, according to last Monday’s amended complaint to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in San Francisco. Attorneys contend Goldman in... -
Fukushima Reactor 2 Messed Up Something Awful: Deadly 72 SV Radiation, No Water
Posted on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment[Nukeblog Index] “Japan reactor has fatally high radiation, no water” (Other than that, things are stable and fine…) By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press–7 hours ago TOKYO (AP) — One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to... -
Honor A Doctor on National Doctors’ Day
Posted on March 23, 2012 | 1 CommentHas your doctor touched your heart in a special way and made a difference in your life when you needed it most? A good way of saying “thank you” is to honor him/her by making a gift to Chinese Hospital. Upon receipt of your gift,... -
Microsoft Launches First Machine Translator For Hmong
Posted on March 22, 2012 | 2 CommentsOn Thursday, March 22, Fresno State and Microsoft Research will host a community event in the Peters Educational Center on the Fresno State Campus (Student Recreation Center) to unveil the first in the world machine translator for Hmong. The translator is a collaborative effort between...