Angel Island, the former immigration station used to examine and control Chinese immigrants' entry into the United State during the Chinese Exclusion Act, will open its brand new museum to the public in fall 2021. In the early 1900s, tens of thousands of immigrating Chinese were detained on the island…

World War II ended in 1945 but the fight for recognition continues. In 2018, I wrote several articles about the national Chinese American community’s effort pushing for Congressional Gold Medal recognition, the highest honor from Congress, to be bestowed upon World War II Chinese American veterans. At that time, nothing…

Amid the crisis of non-stop anti-Asian violence and hate incidents, an Asian American woman has been appointed to be the interim head of the Victim Services Division at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. Kasie Lee 李蕙儀, a Chinese American attorney who is fluent in Cantonese, assumes her new position…

2020 is finally over. Looking back at this past year, San Francisco’s Chinese community captured major news headlines — good and bad — and kept reporters covering those stories busier than ever. We reviewed the year month by month and here are some highlights of an unforgettable year. January: City…

The century-old landmark restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown, the Far East Cafe, will close at the end of 2020. Though the owner still has a glimmer of hope of returning sometime in 2021, the community less optimistic is saddened by the news. An outpouring of affectionate memories from native San…

I got a chance to chat with Connie, David, and Marjan in early October, and here are excerpts from each of the conversations. The Chinese-language in-depth profile articles are published on Sunday, Oct 18. With Connie Chan 陳詩敏 Han: What’s your dream at that time when you came to San…

Updated on Sep 28: Petition link: http://chng.it/RWpCggW9TK *** An outdoor playground in San Francisco may soon be renamed to remember an assault victim, associating with a goal to deliver positive messages to the neighborhood. Yik Oi Huang(黃馬奕愛), an 89-year-old Asian American “Grandma Huang” who lived in the city’s southeastern community…

One San Francisco police officer’s Cantonese translation was found flawed and misleading in a 2014 Chinatown mom knife threatening case. But the conclusion of misconduct took five-plus years to make, irritating the Public Defender’s office. Yu Fen Huang, a Toishanese-speaking monolingual janitor who lived in Chinatown with her two teenage…