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Son of Taiwanese immigrants poised to enter 2018 California governor’s race

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The presidential contest is dominating national headlines, but the toughest campaign in California might be two years away. The race to replace Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 is emerging as a potentially historic competition that could bring the state its first Asian governor. State Treasurer John […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Asian American, Associated Press, BLOOD, Jerry Brown, Ruth Bayang, State Treasurer John Chiang, Taiwan, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1

Former refugee thanks governor who welcomed him in 1975

December 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Melissa Santos The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Vuong Nguyen has spent the past 40 years feeling indebted to former Washington Gov. Dan Evans. This year, the former Vietnamese refugee finally found a way to express his thanks: by giving the former Republican governor a bonsai tree landscape. Nguyen was one of the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, California Gov, Camp Pendleton, China, Dan Evans, Jay Inslee, Jerry Brown, Native Americans, Pacific Bonsai Museum, TACOMA, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1, Vuong Nguyen, Washington Gov

COMMENTARY: Journey to Freedom — Revisiting the long journey from Vietnam to Camp Murray

April 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tung Vu For Northwest Asian Weekly It is important for members of our Vietnamese community to honor those who served and sacrificed in Vietnam.  We wish to remember them for defending the republic and the cause of freedom and finally for all Vietnamese Americans to remember the struggles to reestablish our lives in America […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, American Congress, Camp Murray, Daniel Evans, Dat Moi, Guam, Jerry Brown, New Land, Paris Accord, Philippines, President Ford, Ralph Munro, Senator Joe Biden, Singapore, South Vietnamese, Tsuguo Ikeda, Tung Vu, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, Washington State Governor Dan Evans

Kamala Harris seeks review after recent shootings by police

January 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Don Thompson Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general stepped into the national debate over the recent slayings of unarmed civilians by police on Monday, calling for a review by her agency and promising to lead a public dialogue. Kamala Harris, the first minority to hold the state’s highest law enforcement office, […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, DNA, Education, Human Services, India, Jamaica, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Unified School District, New York, Norman Bernstein, Pat Brown, SACRAMENTO, San Francisco Police Chief Gregory Suhr, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, Wall Street, attention

California city votes to end Sriracha dispute

June 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press IRWINDALE, Calif. (AP) – The fiery fight is apparently over between the makers of a popular hot sauce and a small Southern California city that said its factory’s smells were unbearable.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, City Councilman Julian Miranda, Huy Fong Foods, IRWINDALE, Jerry Brown, Mayor Mark Breceda, Southern California, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13

National rallies support immigration reform

October 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By E.J. Tamara The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 2,000 supporters of immigration reform marched through Hollywood on Oct. 5 as part of rallies nationwide to push for congressional action, while California’s governor signed a series of bills on the topic, saying he was not going to wait on Washington.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, ACLU, Ana Camey, Democratic Gov, Eliseo Medina, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles, Marcell Camey, National Day, National Mall, Oscar Camey, Southern Poverty Law Center, Syria, United States, Vol 32 No 42 | October 12 - October 18, attention

California governor looks to China for investments

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the money to further those […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Arkansas Economic Development Agency, Arkansas Gov, Asia Society, Beijing, Bruce Pickering, China, Chinese, Dan Richard, Jerry Brown, Jim Wunderman, Joe Holmes, Mike Beebe, Pearl River Delta, Silicon Valley, United States, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19

Campus diversity suffers under race-blind policies

April 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Terence Chea The Associated Press BERKELEY, California (AP) — Fifteen years ago, California voters were asked, “Should colleges consider a student’s race when they decide who gets in and who doesn’t?”

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, African Americans, American Civil Rights Institute, Asian American, BERKELEY, Barmak Nassirian, Circuit Court, Harry Le Grande, Jerry Brown, Junior Magali Flores, Larry Pitts, Shanta Driver, Supreme Court, United States, Vol 31 No 18 | April 28 - May 4, Ward Connerly, culture

California governor Brown signs ban on shark fin trade

October 15, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Judy Lin The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday, Oct. 7, that he signed a bill banning the sale, trade, and possession of shark fins to protect the world’s dwindling shark population.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2013, Asia, Bo Derek, California Legislature, China, Guam, Humane Society International, Jennifer Fearing, Jerry Brown, NBA, SACRAMENTO, United States, Vol 30 No 42 | October 15 - October 21, Yao Ming

UC Berkeley diversity bake sale divides its student body

October 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Terence Chea The Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — UC Berkeley student leaders have condemned a Republican group’s satirical diversity bake sale offering pastry prices based on race and gender.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Asian American, BERKELEY, Black African American, Jerry Brown, Joey Freeman, Latino Hispanic, Native American, Vol 30 No 40 | October 1 - October 7, White Caucasian

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