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Friday, November 16, 2007

L.A. students’ math rises, reading stalls

California | Local | By Tina Marie Macias | November 16, 2007
WASHINGTON – Math scores continued to rise in the Los Angeles Unified School District, but reading is showing no improvement with fourth-graders ranking among the lowest among urban districts, according to a federal report released Thursday. Read more
 

Friday, July 13, 2007

10 arrested in immigration scam probe - Four O.C. suspects and six from the San Gabriel Valley are caught in a federal investigation into phony marriages to Chinese residents.

California | Local | By H G. Reza | July 13, 2007
Ten more suspects have been snared in an ongoing federal investigation into a scam involving Asians willing to pay thousands of dollars to immigrate to this country by entering into phony marriages with U.S. citizens from Vietnamese and Chinese communities in Southern California. Read more
 

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Like ripples in the water

Entertainment | By David Henry Hwang | July 29, 2006
In 1965, there were no Asians in America. Read more
 

Thursday, April 27, 2006

An exchange of opinions?

News | By Greg Braxton | April 27, 2006
HOWARD STERN replacement Adam Carolla seems to be following in his predecessor’s provocative footsteps. Read more
 

Monday, April 24, 2006

Immigration a Family Affair for Many Asians

California | Local | By Teresa Watanabe | April 24, 2006
Harish Dhruv did it legally. Read more
 

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

TV study finds few Asian roles

Entertainment | May 3, 2005
A study of Asian Americans in prime-time television, released Monday, shows that Asians, who make up 5% of the U.S. population, play 2.7% of regular characters. Read more
 

Thursday, March 3, 2005

FDA Advisory Targets Asian Patients

National | By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | March 3, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration urged doctors Wednesday to use caution in prescribing the cholesterol drug Crestor to patients of Asian heritage, but said that overall the medication carried no higher risk of serious side effects than its competitors. Read more
 

Thursday, January 6, 2005

A united view from the East

News | By Maria Elena Fernandez | January 6, 2005
When ImaginAsian TV launches today on Comcast cable’s TV 101 in Southern California, the Asian American market will have the first ethnic programming that seeks to serve all Asian cultures and age groups as well as the general English-speaking market. Read more
 

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Extensive Study of Asian Genetics Launched

Science | November 20, 2004
Just how similar are the Japanese and Indonesians, apart from being Asians? Read more
 

Monday, September 6, 2004

Far East Restaurant Battle Heating Up on West Coast

Business | By Julie Tamaki | September 6, 2004
Forget the burger battles and taco tussles. Read more
 

Sunday, July 25, 2004

New Look Reflects an Old Pattern

California | Local | By Stephanie Chavez | July 25, 2004
The most frequently asked question in San Gabriel these days is not Where’s the mission?” Read more
 

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Football Hit by Culture Blocks

California | Local | By David Pierson | July 13, 2004
On game nights not too long ago, the blue and white of the Titans would blanket the San Marino High bleachers. Read more
 

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Desperate Search for a Cure

California | Local | By Martha Groves | April 22, 2004
When a 1-year-old foundling was placed in their arms in China’s Hunan province, adoptive parents Linda and Owen Wells felt they had been given the greatest possible gift. Read more
 

Thursday, March 18, 2004

Census Projects an America of Greater Racial Diversity by 2050

National | By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | March 18, 2004
The numbers of Latinos and Asians in the United States will triple over the next half-century as an aging white population slips from its traditional majority perch, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections released today. Read more
 

Friday, March 5, 2004

4 Asians Arrested in Street Gang Probe

California | Local | March 5, 2004
SAN DIEGO As part of a crackdown on Asian gangs called Operation Bamboo Serpent, federal agents Thursday arrested four immigrants from Asian countries with criminal histories and alleged ties to violent street gangs. Read more
 

Thursday, February 26, 2004

Asian-Pacific Investors Take More Risk: Survey

Business | February 26, 2004
Affluent U.S. investors of Asian-Pacific descent tend to be richer, better educated and more willing to take risk than other wealthy people, a new survey said. Read more
 

Sunday, February 8, 2004

Asian Inmates Still Fear Attacks in Integrated Jails

California | Local | By Teresa Watanabe | February 8, 2004
Despite widely reported fears of violence, there has been no upsurge in attacks against Asian inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail system since they were returned to the general population in late January after a decade of protective separation. Read more
 

Friday, September 19, 2003

Report Finds Ethnic Gap in Cancer Tests

California | Local | By Lisa Richardson | September 19, 2003
A UCLA report shows that whites are screened far more frequently for cancer than are Latinos and Asians. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

$6-Million Campaign Targets Phone Scams

California | Local | September 16, 2003
A $6-million campaign is under way to protect non-English-speaking Asians and Latinos from unscrupulous practices by suppliers of telephone services. Read more
 

Sunday, June 29, 2003

That was ‘Joy Luck,’ this is now

Entertainment | By Susan Salter Reynolds | June 29, 2003
When Julie Shigekuni, author of the upcoming “Invisible Gardens,” was interviewing to teach a first-time course in Asian American literature at the University of New Mexico near her home, she says this is how she was asked about the insights she would bring to the class: “Amy Tan has already written the Asian American experience. Read more
 
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