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Business
Asian-owned businesses in Portland say they’re being targeted by disability lawsuits
Asian business owners in Portland suspect being unfairly targeted by two lawyers who have filed multiple Americans with Disabilities Act (AD...
Editorial Staff
Feature
Laos-born immigrant battling cancer wins $1.3 billion lottery jackpot
An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer for nearly a decade won the historic Powerball jackpot this month. Key points: ...
Bryan Ke
Portland pho restaurant owner gears up to sue city after forced closure
Pho Gabo owner Eddie Dong is reportedly planning to sue the City of Portland in Oregon for civil rights violations after the forced closure ...
Carl Samson
Asian American History
Portland bus tour showing city’s anti-Asian, anti-Black past enters 16th year
A unique bus tour in Portland, Oregon, sheds light on the city’s dark past of housing discrimination against Asian and African Americans. Ke...
Crime
Daughter of attacked Portland senior believes her dad has developed PTSD
Weeks after an unprovoked assault on her elderly father in Portland, Oregon, Jie Liang suspects he is struggling with trauma. Key points: ...
Health
San Francisco crowned the healthiest city in US: study
San Francisco is ranked the healthiest city in the U.S. in a new report. Key points: ...
Michelle De Pacina
Asian Americans to gather in Portland after recent attack on senior
The Asian American community in Portland, Oregon, will gather this weekend to call for justice in the violent attack against an elderly Asia...
Portland to update odor code after forced closure of pho restaurant
Portland, Oregon, will be updating its odor code following the controversial closure of a pho restaurant last month. Key points: ...
Portland Commissioner halts odor complaints after closure of pho restaurant
A city commissioner in Portland has paused odor complaints tied to restaurants after a Vietnamese eatery was forced to close due to fines. D...
Ryan General
Pho restaurant in Portland forced to close after neighbor complained of smell
A Vietnamese restaurant in Portland was forced to permanently close after an 18-month battle with a persistent neighbor who complained about...
Oregon man wanted after hate crime charge for anti-Asian attacks
A man previously arrested for allegedly attacking Asian people in Portland, Oregon, is reportedly being sought after failing to show up to h...
‘I hate Asians’: Man arrested for anti-Asian attacks in Portland’s Slabtown district
A 29-year-old man was arrested after allegedly carrying out a series of anti-Asian attacks in the Slabtown district of Portland, Oregon. Wha...
Portland police ask for help identifying man who attacked Asian family
Portland police are looking for a man who was accused of assaulting an Asian family in late August. What happened: The incident, which the p...
Serial anti-Asian attacker who shoved Japanese diplomat in Portland hit with federal charge
The woman accused of shoving a top Japanese diplomat in Portland, Oregon, has been indicted in federal court after state charges were droppe...
Conservative journalist Andy Ngo wins $300,000 from 2019 milkshake attackers
Three defendants have been ordered to pay conservative journalist Andy Ngo $300,000 for their role in the infamous milkshake attack that lef...
Portland’s Chinese Festival attracts crowd after local Chinese garden vandalized
‘If someone thinks we’re not welcome we don’t care about it because we just show our love and know most of the people are ...
Serial anti-Asian attacker shoves top Japanese diplomat in Portland
A homeless woman with a history of attacking Asian people is now facing a bias charge after allegedly shoving a top Japanese diplomat in Por...
Culture
Tiger Tiger Fest 2023, a celebration of AANHPI by AANHPI, set to kick off in Portland
Tiger Tiger Fest 2023, a festival celebrating the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in Portland, Oregon, is s...
Oregon will no longer release suspects arrested for hate crimes on the same day
Suspects arrested for first-degree bias crimes in Oregon will no longer be released on the same day. Under a new guideline, those involved i...
This pioneering sports bar in Portland only showcases female athletes
A pioneering sports bar that exclusively showcases women athletes on its TV screens recently celebrated its first anniversary in Portland, O...
Asian families warned of targeted burglaries in Maine
Police in Portland, Maine, issued a warning Friday about a group of men involved in a series of burglaries that have targeted Asian families...
News
Journalist Andy Ngô loses criminal trial against Oregon journalist John Hacker
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include additional tweets from Andy Ngô following the trial. Journalist Andy Ngô has l...
Khier Casino
Portland man behind series of anti-Asian attacks charged with third bias incident for assault and robbery
Dylan Kesterson, 34, is now facing a total of 23 charges after it was discovered that authorities had also linked him to a third bias incid...
Portland court dismisses bias crime case against man who kicked Asian woman due to public defender shortage
A court in Portland, Oregon, has dismissed the bias crime case against a man accused of kicking an Asian American woman and spewing racial s...
Japanese student says he was also assaulted by Portland man charged for attack on Japanese man, his daughter and Filipino woman
Kaito Nakajima, 21, has accused Dylan J. Kesterson of yelling at him, slapping his face and stealing his hat near a Safeway store in downto...
Portland man charged for punching 5-year-old Japanese girl accused of earlier attack on Filipino woman
A man accused of punching a Japanese man and his 5-year-old daughter in Portland, Oregon, on July 2 is facing new charges over a previous al...
Portland man arrested for anti-Asian remarks, threatening victim with black hose in road rage incident
A Portland, Oregon, man was arrested on Friday after allegedly making anti-Asian remarks during a road rage incident. Police said 54-year-...
Portland man accused of punching 5-year-old girl and her father now held without bail
Dylan J. Kesterson, who is accused of attacking a Japanese family in Portland, Oregon, is now being held without bail. Kesterson, 34, was ...
Portland man accused of punching 5-year-old Japanese girl and her dad re-arrested after court no-show
Dylan J. Kesterson, 34, was arrested for a second time after failing to show up to his arraignment hearing on Wednesday. Kesterson is accu...
Portland man accused of punching 5-year-old girl because he thought she was Japanese pleads not guilty
Dylan J. Kesterson, 34, pleaded not guilty to charges he is facing in connection to an attack against an Asian family in Portland, Oregon, ...
Portland man charged with hate crimes for punching 5-year-old and her father because they’re ‘Japanese’
Dylan J. Kesterson, 34, was charged with bias crimes after allegedly punching a 5-year-old girl and her father because he thought they were...
AAPI business owners in Portland call for action from police over string of break-ins and vandalisms
The Oregon Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association gathered Asian American and Pacific Islander business owners in the Jade District fo...
Suspect wanted for vandalizing Portland Asian community center with graffiti linked to terrorists
Portland police are looking for an individual accused of vandalizing an Asian immigrant and refugee community center in the northeast part o...
Killer of Portland kimchi business owner Matthew Choi sentenced to life in prison
Allen Alonzo Coe was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing Choi’s Kimchi cofounder Matthew Choi on Oct. 25, 2020. Coe reportedl...
Journalist Andy Ngô Says He Was Nearly Killed by ‘Antifa’ While Undercover at Oregon Protest
Conservative journalist Andy Ngô said he was chased and beaten by antifa members while covering a protest in Portland, Oregon, late last mon...
9 Asian-Owned Businesses Have Their Windows Smashed in the Last 2 Weeks in Oregon
Many Asian-owned businesses in Portland, Oregon were vandalized and had windows smashed. In the last week of January, 13 businesses in the J...
Khanh Tran
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