Asian-American Cops Sue California Police Department Over Discrimination
In Fresno the year before, Hmong casino workers sued the establishment, saying that management compared the employees to dogs and segregated and reduced the amount of hours they were allowed to work. Ultimately, Ochi said, these lawsuits are telling of …
This week in entertainment: Talent show, Brad Paisley tickets and folklorico
Fresno State’s Hmong program and the Hmong Language Club will host a screening of the PBS documentary “The Hmong and the Secret War” at 6 p.m. Tuesday in McLane Hall, Room 161. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Lar Yang.
A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Father and His Taste for Bordeaux
Fadiman’s prior work has established her as a talented anthropologist; her 1997 book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” a daringly in-depth profile of a Hmong refugee family she’d met in California nearly a decade earlier, won the …
Hmong friends
After the Vietnam War sparked a mass migration, Sacramento is now home to 27,000 Hmong people, the second-highest concentration of this population in the state. To celebrate Hmong culture, the 13th Annual Sacramento Hmong New Year Festival from November 23 …
Merced police chief announces retirement
“Whether it is attending the Hmong New Year or sitting at a neighborhood meeting in someone’s living room, the chief believes in tearing down walls and opening doors between his department and the community,” Murphy said in a news release. Andrade joined …
Vietnam News- June 2011
THE DEEPLY REVERED former General Vang Pao of the Royal Army of Laos, who led thousands of Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed secret army during the Vietnam War, died in California at the age of 81 on Jan. 6. Despite requests to the Pentagon and the White …
One of the country’s biggest Veteran’s Day parades took over the streets of Downtown Fresno Saturday
And some sacrifice without much acknowledgment. The Cambodians in the U.S. National Defense Corps say they want the same recognition they have seen the U.S. Government give Hmong and Laotian soldiers who helped in Vietnam. United States National Defense …
Pushing back: As violent robberies continue against Asian-Americans, police stress it’s safe to come forward
“It is not a bother,” Fan emphasized, with another officer who speaks Hmong ready to reenforce the point. “We want you to call.” Sacramento police have arrested more than 50 people suspected of armed robberies and home invasions in the south city …
We can’t wait for Congress, Merced County must help its own uninsured
I know exactly how this must feel. As a former political refugee from Laos, where my father fought for the United States, even still today no recognition has honored the contribution and sacrifices of the Hmong to the United States. As a child growing up …
Fresno County Public Library gets NEA grant
Its featured book will be “The Late Homecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir,” written by Kao Kalia Yang. A Big Read kickoff event will be held on January 13, 2018, at the Woodward Park Regional Library. From then until April, FCPL will host a variety of …
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Nearby, the first ever Hmong Cultural Heritage Center presents a wide array of cultural arts and free activities celebrating the Hmong-American experience. The Fresno Arts Council expertly drives the city’s arts scene with popular Art Hop events.
6 things to know about armed robberies in south Sacramento
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Local anthropological society showcased at expo – The Connection
The CRC Hmong Language Department and the Sacramento History Museum were new this year, and students were enjoying the history that both had to offer. “I definitely enjoyed both booths, but the Sacramento History Museum, they were very informative for us …
Join the Army of Women to Fight Breast Cancer
According to the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, South Asians such as Pakistanis and Asian Indians and Southeast Asians (Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong, Thai) all have experienced an incidence increase.
St. Paul mayoral candidates draw cash from donors outside the city
But about 41 percent of Thao’s donations came from outside Minnesota — largely from Hmong donors in California and Wisconsin, where he fundraised earlier this year. Carter and Harris are both fourth-generation St. Paul residents and have a lot of conne …
Essential California: Sexual harassment allegations grow in Hollywood and beyond
Jaffer’s father reportedly called police to the family house in Hillsborough. Los Angeles Times Under scrutiny: In Fresno there are questions about a pitch to create a Hmong homeland in Southeast Asia. Fresno Bee 1988 versus 2017: Which Dodgers are the …
The TV pitchman behind the plan to create a Hmong homeland insists it’s no scam
Fresno businessman Steve Moua says he was working with a Minnesota man to collect donations that they vowed would be used to create a country for Hmong refugees in Southeast Asia. He went on Hmong television to solicit tens of thousands of dollars for the …
TV pitchman behind the plan to create a Hmong homeland insists it’s no scam
Fresno businessman Steve Moua says he was working with a Minnesota man to collect donations that they vowed would be used to create a country for Hmong refugees in Southeast Asia. He went on Hmong television to solicit tens of thousands of dollars for the …
