Category Archives: Local

Kaitlyn Chen Returns to the WNBA

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Jeff

After getting winning a national championship, getting drafted by the WNBA, and then being released by a WNBA team, Kaitlyn Chen returns to the WNBA.  With many players in the WNBA going to Europe to play in the Eurobasket tournament, … Continue reading →

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Ruby Ibarra has won the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Jeff

Filipino American rapper and Bay Area resident Ruby Ibarra has won the 2025 Tiny Desk contest.  As the winner, she and her band performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. I had never heard of this former research scientist before, … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2025 Opening Night featuring Third Act

Posted on May 28, 2025 by John

18 One of my favorite annual events I’ve enjoyed after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999 is CAAMFest. Prior to 2013, CAAMFest was known as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. This year’s CAAMFest was … Continue reading →

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US Memorial Day: Remembering Sadao Munemori

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Jeff

During an era when Asian Americans continue to be questioned for their loyalty and are still considered perpetual foreigners,  on US Memorial Day (and AAPI Heritage Month) we note Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who fought and died for their … Continue reading →

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The WNBA Golden State Valkyries’ Franchise Opener

Posted on May 19, 2025 by John

I had a chance to witness San Francisco Bay Area history with the WNBA’s latest expansion team. On Friday, May 16th in San Francisco, I watched the Golden State Valkyries‘ franchise opener against the Los Angeles Sparks. The game featured the … Continue reading →

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Top Three “Happiest” US Cities are Asian American

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Jeff

We have blogged how WalletHub rated the city of Fremont as the “happiest” in the United States. In a recent update to their rankings, WalletHub’s top three “happiest” US Cities are Asian American:  Fremont, San Jose, and Irvine. What do … Continue reading →

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Lucy Guo is the World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Jeff

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lucy Guo (@guoforit) In 2024, Taylor Swift became a billionaire at 34, but now Lucy Guo is the World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire. Creator of one of the first … Continue reading →

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US Chinatowns Feeling the Effects of Tariffs

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Jeff

US Chinatowns from Honolulu and San Francisco to Las Vegas and New York are feeling the effects of the Trump Administration’s tariffs. Many business in these Chinatowns have low margins and price-sensitive customers, and cost increases have a tremendous impact.  … Continue reading →

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Alysa Liu Wins the 2025 World Figure Skating Championship

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Jeff

After retiring in 2022 and then unretiring in 2024, Alysa Liu has won the 2025 World Figure Skating Championship, which was held in Boston this year.  She is the first American to win in 19 years.  She is from Richmond … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Getaway Driver

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Jeff

The Daughter asked me if I knew anything about a movie called The Accidental Getaway Driver, and I had to confess that I had never heard anything about it. Following the link she sent, I was pleasantly surprised by the … Continue reading →

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Chinatown on the Jersey Shore

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Jeff

Chinatown on the Jersey Shore?  Sounds unlikely, but for a time, there was a Chinatown parallel to New York’s on the Jersey Shore in Bradley Beach.  In the  late 19th century, a program now called the Fresh Air Fund enabled … Continue reading →

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Great Highway Closing Reminds San Francisco Chinese Americans Voters of their History of being Unheard

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Jeff

San Francisco Proposition K was a ballot initiative to close the Great Highway roadway shown above and turn into to a park. Some of the roadway to the south (at the top of the picture) was going to close anyway … Continue reading →

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