Articles by David Pierson Page 3

539 articles since 2000

New Chinatown grows in the far east San Gabriel Valley

California | Local | By David Pierson | June 19, 2008
The celery and squid sizzle in Suipao Tsai’s blackened wok as she prepares lunch for up to six dozen employees of the family’s multimillion-dollar lingerie business in the city of Industry.It’s a scene repeated every weekday morning at her palatial family compound in the hills of Rowland Heights. Read more
 

Ambassador campus development in Pasadena foreclosed

California | Local | By David Pierson | June 11, 2008
An ambitious development project that included hundreds of condominiums, apartments and a senior housing complex on the former Ambassador College campus has been foreclosed, Pasadena officials said Tuesday. Read more
 

Dwindling number of Los Angeles protesters commemorate Tiananmen Square

California | Local | By David Pierson | June 7, 2008
The crowd of about 150 people dutifully arrived just before sundown outside the Chinese Consulate in Koreatown to commemorate those who were gunned down during the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown 19 years ago. Read more
 

After quake, a new approach

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 24, 2008
For years, the boxy office building housing the Chinese Consulate on Shatto Place in Koreatown maintained a low profile. Read more
 

Rifleman opens fire outside Granada Hills church

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 18, 2008
A rifleman opened fire at a festival outside a Granada Hills church this morning, wounding three people before an off-duty officer tackled the assailant, authorities said. Read more
 

Weather expected to produce more heat records

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 17, 2008
Record-breaking heat in parts of Southern California is expected to continue through the weekend – with valley and inland area expected to be hit hardest. Read more
 

Disaster draws long-absent global attention to Sichuan

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 16, 2008
The fiery dishes spiked with Sichuan peppercorns began arriving on the table, but Tang Xiulan and her friends remained transfixed on a television screen above the restaurant’s front door showing images of rescue efforts in their home province. Read more
 

L.A.-area Chinese mobilize for quake relief

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 14, 2008
Hours after the massive earthquake struck China, John Cheng and his colleagues at the Chinese American Federation sprang into action. Read more
 

Anxious Chinese Americans follow news of quake

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 13, 2008
The devastating earthquake that struck China has come to dominate discussion on the streets of the San Gabriel Valley, which has one of the largest Chinese populations outside the mainland. Read more
 

3 seals found shot dead near San Simeon

California | Local | By David Pierson | May 4, 2008
Three northern elephant seals were found shot dead this morning at the Point Piedras Blancas elephant seal colony near San Simeon, Calif., five miles north of Hearst Castle, authorities said. Read more
 
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