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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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Autos Archive
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Share the love, win year’s worth of free Shell gas
Posted on September 28, 2009 | No CommentsDo you love your vehicle? Does the chance of winning a year’s worth of free gasoline make you feel warm and fuzzy? Then listen up. Your writing ability and photography could help you win a whole lot of fuel in a new Shell promotion. Five... -
THE SPIN: Infiniti’s stunning Essence on mini tour
Posted on September 27, 2009 | No CommentsI love it when stereotypes are shattered. Or at least seriously questioned. Take auto styling. The rap on Asian brands is they can’t design beautiful, timeless cars. OK, the styling of Japanese and Korean brands’ production vehicles is often, to put it mildly, uneven. At... -
THE SPIN: Asians flex their auto-buying horsepower
Posted on September 3, 2009 | No CommentsHonda Civic R.L. Polk & Co., the automotive information powerhouse, predicts that 2009 could be a watershed year for automakers: Polk predicts that Asian manufacturers are likely to capture 47 percent of U.S. market share, compared to 44 percent for American automakers and 9 percent... -
Autos on your mind? Let’s roll!
Posted on August 16, 2009 | No CommentsHi, Jeff Yip here. Welcome to The Spin, a new collaboration of AsianWeek and yours truly aimed at helping you get more value — and fun — from your automotive investment, whether it’s financial or emotional. Beyond a means to get from point A to...