Category Archives: Southern California

Betty Yee Comes in Second in California State Controller 2014 Primary Race

http://youtu.be/tRA7aIs9zIA If you follow California politics, you may have been following the California State Controller’s race. John Chiang, the current state controller is terming out. California now has an open primary – where voters can vote, even if they are … Continue reading

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V3con 2014: Preview of Featured Topic Presentations

By Eugene Hung This post is the last of a series that has introduced 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on … Continue reading

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V3con 2014: Preview of Workshops and Panels

By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading

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What You Might Not Know about Judith Hill, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Voice Award

By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading

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What You Might Not Know about Jonathan Gold, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Visibility Award

By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading

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What You Might Not Know about Ann Curry, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Vision Award

By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading

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LA Ticket Giveaway: 2014 V3 Digital Media Conference

V3 Digital Media Conference is coming up right around the corner. The event kicks off on Friday June 20th with an Opening Awards Reception. Then, the all day conference takes place on Saturday June 21st. Both events are being held at … Continue reading

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East West Players Announces its 50th Anniversary Season, GOLDEN

East West Players (EWP), the nation’s largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theater of color in the country, announces its extended 50th Anniversary Season, GOLDEN, a celebration that will take place over the next … Continue reading

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Douglas Kim Parodies Jay-Z’s “Young Forever” with “Forever Hyung”

Douglas Kim previously released his “I’m Asian American” music video and now he (and a bunch of friends) are back with “Forever Hyung”, a parody of the Jay-Z song “Young Forever”. It’s a satire of recent media that has been … Continue reading

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ted Lieu for Congress 2014

Ted Lieu is currently a California State Assembly member in the California state legislature and he is running for Congress. Full disclosure: I think I have donated to to his campaign in the past, and have met him a few … Continue reading

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Irwindale Drops Lawsuit Againt Sriracha

Mayor Mark Breceda of Irwindale is stating that the city has dropped the lawsuit against Sriracha after meeting with owner David Tran and two representatives from California’s Governor Jerry Brown and touring the plant. They will be revisiting the situation … Continue reading

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Anti-Asian Hate Was One of Killer Elliot Rodger’s Motivations

While I had read that misogyny and a sense of entitlement were motivations of Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people and then himself near Santa Barbara, I didn’t realize that anti-Asian hate was another one until I saw … Continue reading

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