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  • ALC staff member draws blood to screen for Hep B

    Free Hep B and Hep C Testing at AHSC’s Healthy Living Pavilion

    The 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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    SF Hosts Largest Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center

    SAN 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

    Rob McKenna Opens WA Campaign Office In Seattle Chinatown/ID

    I 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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  • June and Ward Cleaver Leave it To Beaver

    Obama’s Eddie Haskell versus Romney’s Ward Cleaver

    [ Hu's on First] Asian Americans need to decide if this election is about standing with the first Black and now Gay president who will stand up for minorities using race and gender identity as a way to get more out of government and squeeze more...

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  • Harold and Kumar

    Asian English Teachers Need Not Apply in China

    Here’s another one for the Wierd Stuff Asians Do File, as in Asians Who Don’t Hire Asians. I’ve not heard of the preference for Whites (and in a pinch, Black) as english teachers in Japan. The MSNBC says that ads in China blatantly ask for...

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  • S.F. Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting

    How Growing Numbers of API Voters Will Help Change Politics

    A new study just confirms what most of us in the API community already suspected, Asian and Pacific Islander voters are both highly motivated to vote and gaining greater significance in national American politics. With the Asian and Pacific Islander community one of the fastest...

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  • Steven and Susan Powell

    Alina Powell Shows Home Video of Presumed Murdered Susan Powell

    [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...

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  • Fukushima Flooding (Tepco)

    Fukushima Crisis Is Completely Over After One Year (NOT!)

    [Fukushima NukeBlog Index| Radiation On Children's Shoes] This piece from the World Nuclear Association, which is a platform for apologists of the Nuclear Power Industry is unbelievable in the extent they present the opposite of the MASS NUCLEAR DEATH scenario, which is EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY...

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    Speaker pro Tempore Fiona Ma Honors Community Leader Ted Fang

    SACRAMENTO, CA.- Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) joined her fellow Assemblymembers in the California State Assembly’s celebration of May as Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Heritage Month. With the passing of Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 149, which commends...

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  • Martin Yan

    Martin Yan and Local Chefs Demonstrate Asian Cooking

    Martin Yan and Local Chefs Demonstrate Asian Cooking For the first time ever, the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration is offering the public a chance to learn how to cook delicious Asian dishes at the festival’s cooking demonstration booth located at Ellis and Larkin...

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