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Tag Archives: San Francisco
CAAMFest 2026: Opening Night featuring ‘The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas’ & Gala
One of my favorite events in the San Francisco Bay Area since moving here in 1999 is attending CAAMFest. CAAM stands for the Center for Asian American Media. CAAMFest 2026 celebrated its 44th year as the nation’s leading showcase for … Continue reading
Ruth Asawa’s Art Gets Permanent SF Home
While Ruth Asawa’s art has been touring across the world, from San Francisco to New York and now at the Bilbao Guggenheim in Portugal, the San Francisco artist has lacked a permanent home for the bulk of her work. That … Continue reading
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area, The Arts
Tagged Minnesota Street Project, Ruth Asawa, San Francisco
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Isabella Alcaraz becomes San Francisco’s first Filipina District Supervisor
After Joel Engardio lost a recall election over his support for the closing of San Francisco’s Great Highway, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Isabella Alcaraz as the new Supervisor of the Sunset District. The 29 year teacher and former … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Isabella Alcaraz, San Francisco, Sunset District
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San Francisco Chinese-American Voters recall Supervisor Joel Engardio
With Sunset District residents angered by his support of the closing of San Francisco’s Great Highway, a special election held in San Francisco saw Chinese-American voters recall Supervisor Joel Engardio. This was somewhat surprising. When we first reported on the … Continue reading
Ruth Asawa Art Walk and other Related News
The Ruth Asawa Retrospective at SFMOMA’s last day is September 2. Before it closes, I thought I would highlight a few events and news articles about Ruth Asawa Art that may get you to see her work if you haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, San Francisco Bay Area, The Arts
Tagged Ruth Asawa, San Francisco
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Ruth Asawa Retrospective: The Life of an Amazing Asian American Artist and Human Being
The Wife and I had some time before our dinner reservations, so we decided to see spend some time at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). The nearby streets had many signs about a special Ruth Asawa Retrospective, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, The Arts
Tagged internment, Ruth Asawa, San Francisco, SFMOMA
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Kaitlyn Chen Returns to the WNBA
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
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged basketball, Golden State Valkyries, Kaitlyn Chen, San Francisco, Valkyries, WNBA
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CAAMFest 2025 Opening Night featuring Third Act
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
The WNBA Golden State Valkyries’ Franchise Opener
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
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged ali wong, Chase Center, Golden State Valkyries, Kaitlyn Chen, Nakase, Natalie Nakase, San Francisco, Valkyries, WNBA
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Great Highway Closing Reminds San Francisco Chinese Americans Voters of their History of being Unheard
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
Posted in Community, History, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Great Highway, Joel Engardio, Proposition K, recall, San Francisco
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The “Other” Chinatown
In contrast to the broken down, struggling Chinatown of Los Angeles, the original and oldest Chinatown in the US located in San Francisco is a hustling and bustling center of activity in the Bay Area. Established in the early 1850s … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Chinatown, San Francisco
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Asian Ethnoburb, Malls, and Self-Segregation
Much has been written about how San Francisco is in a doom loop, with the emptying San Francisco Centre Mall in downtown as a sad example. Yet at the same time, another mall in San Francisco, Stonestown Galleria, is thriving in … Continue reading