35 articles
Food
Yelp unveils list of 100 best ramen spots in California
Business review platform Yelp has unveiled a list of its top 100 ramen spots in California. Key points: ...
Michelle De Pacina
Bay Area
Filipino American rappers Saweetie and P-Lo drop 49ers anthem ‘Do It For The Bay’
Filipino American rappers Saweetie and P-Lo collaborated to release a San Francisco 49ers anthem, “Do It For The Bay,” ahead of ...
Bay Area may see its first LGBTQ+ Capitol Hill rep in Evan Low
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo’s (D-CA) decision to retire has prompted Democrat Assemblymember Evan Low to vie for her Silicon Valley congressi...
Beloved Oakland Vietnamese restaurant to close after nearly 40 years due to crime
A beloved Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland, California, is closing its doors due to the rise in crime in the city over the past few years. A...
Bryan Ke
Asian seniors, 88 and 86, assaulted in back-to-back San Francisco attacks
Two Asian women have fallen victim to separate attacks in the past two weeks in San Francisco, according to reports. The incidents: The pair...
Carl Samson
Sriracha bottles ‘disappear’ from SF restaurant as shortage causes condiment’s price to reach $30
Customers of a popular restaurant are allegedly stealing the business’s Sriracha bottles as the price of the beloved condiment has skyrocket...
SF Chinatown welcomes Chinese Railroad Workers History Center
A museum dedicated to remembering Chinese laborers who helped build the United States’ first transcontinental railroad opened in San Francis...
3 more suspects arrested in robberies targeting Asian Americans in the Bay Area
Three men have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies that targeted Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose ...
Man allegedly behind 7 underground casinos arrested after San Jose PD raids nets guns, drugs, $285k in cash
A San Jose resident and several of his associates believed to be behind illegal drug and underground gambling operations are now in custody ...
Trio charged with hate crimes for targeting Asians in Bay Area armed robbery spree
Three men accused of targeting Asian people in a string of armed robberies in California’s Santa Clara County are now facing hate crime enha...
Photographer bloodied after refusing to surrender to robbers in San Francisco
A wedding photographer was left bloodied after struggling with two armed robbers as they attempted to take his camera and other equipment o...
Crime-watch app Citizen offers free 1-year premium access to Bay Area’s AAPI community
New York-based app developer sp0n, Inc. is giving 20,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander residents from the Bay Area free premium acces...
Family of missing Bay Area woman Alexis Gabe given handwritten notes on possible location of her body
The parents of Alexis Gabe, the Filipino American woman who was reported missing in late January in California, received handwritten notes ...
Crime
Bay Area heiress acquitted of killing ex-lover says she is a victim of anti-Asian hate
Tiffany Li, the Bay Area woman accused and then acquitted of killing her ex-boyfriend Keith Green, says she has been a “target” of anti-Asi...
Issues & Racism
Bay Area gym posts ad saying they speak English, aren’t rude like ‘shady’ Asian massage parlors
Island Personal Training, a gym and massage parlor located in Alameda, California, received backlash for their racist advertisement against...
Bay Area news anchor suspended after fight over tagline criticizing lack of news coverage toward women of color
Weeks after returning to KTVU, Bay Area veteran news anchor Frank Somerville was reportedly taken off the air again for allegedly disagreein...
Three men who targeted, robbed over 70 Asian women in the Bay Area have been charged
On Friday, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against three men connected to a series of robberies that targete...
News
Man accused of ‘cowardly’ attack on Oakland Chinatown leader headed for trial
A man charged with a hate crime over an alleged attack against Oakland Chinatown leader Carl Chan is reportedly heading for trial on Aug. 30...
Steph Curry visits Ah-Sam Florists in San Mateo to support small businesses as they reopen
Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry recently paid a visit to the famous Ah-Sam Florists store in San Mateo, Calif., as a way to show support ...
Son of fatal Fremont hit-and-run victim pleads for information leading to driver
Local authorities in Fremont, Calif., are seeking the public’s help as the fatal hit-and-run crash from nearly a month ago remains unresolve...
Ryan General
FBI Supports Asian Community in Bay Area With More Resources, Hate Crime Investigations
An FBI special agent in charge of the Bay Area met up with Oakland Chinatown community leaders to show the agency’s support amid the rise in...
11-Year-Old Arrested After Attack of Elderly Asian Man Has ‘Extensive Criminal History’
One of the two suspects arrested in connection with the attack of an elderly Asian man in San Leandro, Calif., is reportedly an 11-year-old ...
80-Year-Old Asian American Man Assaulted and Robbed in San Leandro
A video of an elderly Asian American man calling for help during an apparent assault and robbery by two hooded and masked suspects in San Le...
Grandmother, 64, Robbed of $1,000 in Cash for Lunar New Year in San Jose
A 64-year-old grandmother was robbed in broad daylight ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. What happened: According to KTVU, the victim ha...
Khanh Tran
Feature
Alleged Chinese Spy Slept With Mayors, Helped Fundraisers During Obama Administration
A suspected Chinese spy targeted politicians in California’s Bay Area and across the country between 2011 and 2015, a year-long invest...
99 Ranch Worker in Daly City Tests Positive for COVID-19
Popular Asian supermarket 99 Ranch Market released in a statement that one of their employees at their Daly City, California location tested...
Ernestine Siu
Asian Man Confronted By Bay Area Target Shoppers for Coughing, Stands His Ground
An Asian man bravely stood his ground as two shoppers at Target yelled at him to walk away for coughing amid the 2019 novel coronavirus (COV...
New Video Emerges of Elderly Asian Man Who Was Attacked in San Francisco
A new video showing the aftermath of an incident in which an elderly Asian man collecting cans in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood...
Khier Casino
Coronavirus Officially Hits the SF Bay Area as Man Falls ill After Wuhan Trip
Health officials have confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing the number of confirmed cases in t...
Editorial Staff
Bay Area Faces Nearly 200 Freeway Shootings in the Last 4 Years
Bay Area drivers are facing a sharp increase in freeway shootings, with the latest one occurring just last week on northbound I-880 in Oakla...
Leanna Chan
Asian Americans are Now the Largest Racial Group in 2 Bay Area Counties
Asian Americans have now become the largest racial group in two Bay Area counties. The ethnic demographic now makes up the biggest populatio...
SF Woman Allegedly Poses as a Walgreens Pharmacist For Over 10 Years, Handling 700,000 Prescriptions
A woman from the San Francisco Bay Area, California is being accused of posing as a pharmacist and handing out more than 700,000 prescriptio...
Bay Area’s Air Quality is Currently Worse than India and China
As a result of the Butte County Camp Fire, the deadliest fire of the State’s history, the air quality in Northern California is curren...
Lifestyle
Some Bay Area Moms Worry Boba Tea is Destroying Their Children’s Future
Parents of students in Millbrae, California have recently voiced their concerns over what they perceive to be the biggest danger that could ...
Asia
Suspect Caught in Murder of Vietnamese American Store Owner in San Jose
San Jose Police have arrested a suspect believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of an Asian American liquor store owner last week. Det...
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