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Author Archives: Jeff
Chinese Immigrants in California Wine Country
On a weekend trip to Napa a few years ago, I noticed a plaque near downtown commemorating China Point Lookout. Chinese Immigrants in California Wine Country built a Chinatown there. As this video from TAAF’s The United States of Asian+America … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History
Tagged Lois Cho, Napa, TAAF, The Driving Out, United States of Asian+America, Wine Country
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TAAF presents Asian American Trailblazers
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), in conjunction with Wong Fu productions, has been presenting Asian American Trailblazers in their series, The United States of Asian+America. This project is an extension of their Asian+American PSA campaign. The campaign features Asian Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History, Music
Tagged Ajay Bhatt, Perpetual Foreigner, Steve Chen, TAAF, United States of Asian+America, USB, youtube
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Forgotten Island Debuts September 25
Marketing has been building up for the Forgotten Island release today, September 25. I particularly liked this featurette about the making of the movie. I was pleasantly surprised that some of the animation was actually done in the Philippines. In … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Forgotten Island, H.E.R., KATSEYE, Liza Soberano, Sophia Laforteza
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South Asian American Breast Cancer: Disparities in Diagnoses and Treatment
We frequently mention data disaggregation is critical to understand Asian American population. This summary of a study on South Asian American Breast Cancer confirms this fact. Compared to white women, doctors diagnosed South Asian Americans at a younger age with … Continue reading
Best of the Best: A Netflix Bollywood Dance Movie
Asian American dance competitions are nothing new. The successes of groups like Kaba Modern and Poreotics on older shows like America’s Best Dance Crew in the late 2000’s demonstrates this. But Bollywood-fusion dance teams? That’s new to me and why … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Best of the Best., bollywood, dance, Hasan Minhaj, Lena Khan, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Prashanth Venkataramanujam
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Remembering Flight Attendant Betty Ong, 9/11 Hero
Every time, September 11 comes around, Harry Ong gets nervous. “As September 11th approaches each and every year, the tension just builds up and the stress, sometimes debilitation. We never forget.” Harry Ong is the oldest brother of Flight Attendant … Continue reading
Eric Bauza voices on Coyote vs. Acme
You may have heard that Coyote vs. Acme came out recently after a long controversial hold when Warner Brothers wanted to shelve the completely finished movie for a tax write off. You not have heard about the very Filipino background … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Movies
Tagged Coyote vs. ACME, Eric Bauza, Lana Condor, Pablo Torre, Pablo Torre Finds Out
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Pablo Torre is not an IT Guy
When Pablo Torre told some people that he had started working at ESPN, they assumed he did Tech Support. But this Pulitzer prize winning journalist is definitely not an IT Guy. I find the story of this Filipino American fascinating. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sports
Tagged basketball, NBA, Pablo Torre, Pablo Torre Finds Out
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Fremont is “Happiest” City again in 2026
Source: WalletHub WalletHub has updated their ratings for the happiest cities, and Fremont is “Happiest” City again in 2026. Last year, we mentioned two other Asian American cities being in the top 3, but this year Irvine has dropped to … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Current Events, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California
Tagged Fremont, Happiness, Irvine, San Jose, WalletHub
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Jeopardy Masters are mostly Asian
After tuning in to the tournament this week, I noticed that 2026 Jeopardy Masters are mostly Asian. Most are Asian American, with Juveria Zaheer being Asian Canadian. The contestants are from a wide variety of Asian ethnicities, ranging from Filipino, … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged Andrew he, Jeopardy Masters, Juveria Zaheer, Long Nguyen, Paolo Pasco, Yogesh Raut
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John Luk: Asian Mall Builder
When my tech co-workers and I first had heard about Lion Plaza, one of the first Asian malls in the Santa Clara Valley john (Silicon Valley), we were so excited. We would drive 15 minutes each direction to eat lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Food, Food & Drink, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Shopping
Tagged 99 Ranch, Lion Plaza, malls, Milpitas Square, Ranch 99, restaurant, Stonestown Galleria, Valley Fair Mall
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Adventure Time’s Lady Rainicorn
Years before KPop Demon Hunters had wide swaths of America singing in Korean, one mainstream cartoon had a show were characters would speak almost totally in Korean. Adventure Time‘s Lady Rainicorn had the vast majority of her lines in Korean! … Continue reading