Articles by My-Thuan Tran

64 articles since 2007

A turnabout for Vietnamese candidates

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | 12:00AM, November 6
In Orange County’s Little Saigon, Tuesday’s election didn’t go quite as planned: The winning streak of Vietnamese American candidates in recent county and municipal ballots was snapped. Read more
 

Ballot booth wobbly? Call the Orange County election ‘SWAT team’

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | 12:00AM, November 6
An hour before sunrise on election day, when most voters were still asleep, 10 men and women got into unmarked white vans and deployed across Orange County. Read more
 

Body of woman found in freezer

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 31, 2008
The badly decomposed body of a woman was found in a freezer in an abandoned motor home that had been towed from Capistrano Beach, authorities said today. Read more
 

McCain has edge in Little Saigon

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 24, 2008
Nhon Ky Phan sees John McCain as a brother, a man who – much like him – suffered through harrowing days as a prisoner during the Vietnam War. Read more
 

City council, mayoral races

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 19, 2008
In Santa Ana, voters will decide whether to stick with a veteran mayor who has guided the city for nearly 14 years or elect a newcomer to the post. Read more
 

Vote may produce a cultural milestone

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 15, 2008
The first Vietnamese American in the country was elected to public office 16 years ago when Tony Lam won a seat on the Westminster City Council, making history for a refugee group that fled after the Vietnam War and settled in Orange County. Read more
 

Children of Vietnam War servicemen seek U.S. citizenship

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 10, 2008
Randy Tran walked quickly past the majestic domes and marble statues of Capitol Hill, looking for the Cannon House Office building and the people he believed could help him. Read more
 

Arrest made in death of Arthur Carmona

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 4, 2008
A 21-year-old Anaheim man has been arrested in connection with the killing of Arthur Carmona, a Santa Ana man who had made headlines when he was freed from prison after being wrongfully convicted. Read more
 

Raised as outcasts, living as refugees, fighting to belong

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 4, 2008
Randy Tran walked quickly past the majestic domes and marble statues of Capitol Hill, looking for the Cannon House Office building and the people he believed could help him. Read more
 

Man charged with sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | October 3, 2008
A Santa Ana man was charged today with sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint in parking lots in Costa Mesa and Santa Ana, Orange County officials said. Read more
 
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