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West Coast Helps Launch National Hepatitis Testing Day
22 May 2012 11:30 PM | No CommentsU.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlights Hep B Free and Hep C Task Force for Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of nearly 100 testing events across U.S. SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2012 – Fresh on the heels...
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Free Hep B and Hep C Testing at AHSC’s Healthy Living Pavilion
18 May 2012 11:42 PM | No CommentsThe Healthy Living Pavilion at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration taking place at San Francisco’s Civic Center on May 19th, will provide free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice, interactive activities with prizes and health-related education materials. Located on Larkin Street between...
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Amok again: Have a “Lin-sane” Street Fair!
18 May 2012 11:35 PM | 1 CommentWhat, another year? Another heritage month? Why not let your friendly longtime amok columnist slice and dice things up for you nicely? This year we replaced poor Asian American YouTube hater, Alexandra Wallace, the blonde buxom bully of Asian Americans in the library, with basketball...
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SF Hosts Largest Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center
18 May 2012 11:11 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO – The City is hosting the largest pan Asian street fair nationwide to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month on Saturday, May 19th at San Francisco’s Civic Center. The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, will feature a...
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Rob McKenna Opens WA Campaign Office In Seattle Chinatown/ID
18 May 2012 1:53 AM | No CommentsI got this in my e-mail box. I first ran into Rob McKenna when he ran for Attorney General back in 2000 on the campaign trail for Supt of Public Instruction. Now he’s a favorite to be the next governor against Jay Inslee. While Rob...
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Amok again: Have a “Lin-sane” Street Fair!
Posted on May 18, 2012 | 1 CommentWhat, another year? Another heritage month? Why not let your friendly longtime amok columnist slice and dice things up for you nicely? This year we replaced poor Asian American YouTube hater, Alexandra Wallace, the blonde buxom bully of Asian Americans in the library, with basketball... -
Alina Powell Shows Home Video of Presumed Murdered Susan Powell
Posted on May 16, 2012 | 4 Comments[Demons and Saints: Murder of Susan Cox Powell Family] I’ve created a book-on-a-blog website on the Susan Powell case here at the link above. It has the most detailed biographies and timelines of events that I’ve seen, and the closest thing to a comprehensive reference... -
Happy Birthday to the Lees
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsTOO LEGIT TO QUIT: His day job that is. Obviously MC Hammer’s no longer on campaign video payroll as more than 500 Herbst Theater attendees watched his Honor Ed Lee’s uncoordinated un-choreographed moves during a belated 60th birthday celebration orchestrated by Claudine Cheng’s May 7... -
CPMC Committee Trench Warfare With The Mar Family
Posted on May 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsWith the SF Planning Commission approving California Pacific Medical Center’s $2.5 billion project, including a new Cathedral Hill campus, the battle shifts to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee trenches sometime after May 8 at the SF Board of Supervisors. There, the package, including... -
Look Ma, No Fins
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe Saint of Sharks still swims thanks to last year’s district lines. However, Assemblyman Paul Fong, chair of the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting could only watch last year as a reform-minded redistricting committee redrew California’s political boundaries. “I had nothing to do with... -
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM ENTERS RACE
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsLEFT ABUSIVE MARRIAGE: Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s domestic violence case has dominated SF political headlines as the SF Ethics Commission prepares to decide whether to recommend firing him to the SF Board of Supervisors. Meanwhile, the June 5 election is adding a women’s point of view... -
APA PLANNERS SPLIT AS PANEL BACKS CPMC HOSPITALS
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 1 CommentCalifornia Pacific Medical Center’s proposed $2.5 billion mega-campuses at Cathedral Hill, Davies and St. Luke’s last week divided the Planning Commission’s three Asian Pacific American members in a preliminary 5-2 vote for the development agreement negotiated by Mayor Ed Lee.…Hisashi Sugaya, who voted against CPMC... -
WE BELIEVE YOU ANITA…AND ELIANA?
Posted on April 5, 2012 | 1 CommentEliana Lopez, estranged wife of suspended SF Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi could be Anita Hill of the 2012 San Francisco elections. Here’s how. What if SF Democratic County Central Committee – platform arm of SF Democratic Party – votes on resolution presented by outraged women committee... -
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,... -
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...