Category Archives: San Francisco Bay Area

The College Admissions Game, Part 8: The Interview

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Jeff

One part of the college admissions process that you may encounter is the interview. Some colleges require it, while two out of the three high schools that Number One Son applied to required interviews. Although The Daughter did not have … Continue reading →

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The College Admissions Game, Part 7: Applications

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Jeff

Stories about caps on the number of Asian Americans admitted to elite universities might make a student applying for college wonder if he or she should check the box for Asian American.  That applicant might balk at applying to many … Continue reading →

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SF Bay Area’s David Louie Marks 40 Years At ABC 7 News / KGO

Posted on May 31, 2012 by John

Spending 40 years at any company or industry is nearly unheard of these days, but local television news reporter, David Louie, is celebrating 40 years as a broadcast journalist with local ABC affiliate, ABC 7/ KGO. I was surprised to … Continue reading →

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ESPN Profiles 92 year old Judo Coach Yoshihiro Uchida

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Guest Writer

From Min Y.: “ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi profiles 92-year-old San Jose State judo coach Yoshihiro Uchida, whose team recently won its 45th National Collegiate Judo Championship. Now THIS is the real life Mr. Miyagi — I have nothing but the utmost … Continue reading →

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Suicide Prompts Chinese To Reconsider Coming To U.S.

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Tim

The recent suicide in April 2012 of 40 year old Qinggen Wang, a principal software engineer at Paypal, is driving discussions in the Chinese blogosphere about whether it’s worth it to come to the U.S. to pursue jobs, specifically ones … Continue reading →

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SF Landmark Sam Wo To Close April 20th

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Tim

Sam Wo, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown is set to close its doors on Friday, April 20, 2012. The iconic restaurant has been around for over 100 years and was famous by Edsel Ford Fong, considered the “world’s … Continue reading →

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RSVP For The Bay Area Screening Of ‘Detention’ With Joseph Kahn Q&A

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Dino-Ray

Attention San Francisco Bay Area! There will be a FREE advanced screening of Detention on Thursday, April 13! As an added bonus, director Joseph Kahn will be there immediately after the screening for a Q&A moderated by yours truly! (That … Continue reading →

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The Oikos University Shooting: Mental Health and Korean American Community

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Mihee

There have been a number of school shootings in the news lately, with the most recent including an elementary school in the Pacific Northwest and a middle school in in Texas in 2012. I can think of few things more … Continue reading →

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Secretary of State of California Website Considers Taiwan To Be Province Of China

Posted on March 30, 2012 by John

A friend of a friend posted this image on Facebook after she was looking to register to vote. Now the People’s Republic of China may think that Taiwan is a province of China, buthow about the state of California? Although … Continue reading →

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Sulwhasoo Niemen Marcus West Coast Launch At the San Francisco Asian Art Museum

Posted on March 14, 2012 by akrypti

Sulwhasoo invited 8Asians to partake in the Niemen Marcus Launch Party to celebrate the long-anticipated arrival of this amazing Korean cosmetics line here on the west coast. Fashion journalists and bloggers were invited to the Asian Art Museum to meet … Continue reading →

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Vivek Wadhwa On Race, Gender, and Meritocracy in Silicon Valley

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Jeff

When Vivek Wadhwa founded a tech company, he was advised by fellow Indian Americans to have a white “front man” to pitch company to venture capitalists. Moving to academia in an attempt to slow down from the hectic tech business … Continue reading →

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Is Filipino Cuisine Poised To Make It Into The American Mainstream?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jeff

Whenever I see an article like this titled “Filipino Cuisine Poised to Break through Gastro Ceiling,” I think “yet again?”  Over twenty years, I ate at Cafe Glenda on Solano Avenue in Berkeley and thought, “Has Filipino food finally made … Continue reading →

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