Medicare signups: How to prepare for 2017 changes and avoid scams
California’s Senior Medicare Patrol website, sponsored by California Health Advocates, offers tips in Spanish, Hmong and other languages on how to avoid being conned into the wrong Medicare plan. Or call Senior Medicare Patrol at 855-613-7080.
State office admits asking sheriff for help in voter investigation
The California Secretary of State’s Office acknowledged for the first time Friday that it asked Siskiyou County law enforcement to accompany investigators looking into alleged voter-fraud — an investigation that led to a federal lawsuit from Hmong …
Explore more than the main stage, there are lots of other bands playing The Big Fresno Fair
That includes the old-school R&B group B.I.G. (or Brothers Igniting a Groove), the Hmong-language N.C.O. Band, Zydeco band Crawdaddios and the Los Angeles American folk group Gun Hill Royals. Don’t miss: Metalachi, the world’s only (or so they say …
California: Records: State agency sought to obscure role in ‘intimidation’ case
In the week leading up to June’s state primary election, at least two investigators from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office spent three days tracking down members of the Hmong community in rural Siskiyou County. But when allegations that …
Records: State agency sought to obscure role in ‘intimidation’ case
In the week leading up to June’s state primary election, at least two investigators from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office spent three days tracking down members of the Hmong community in rural Siskiyou County. But when allegations that …
Asian refugees sue right-wing California sheriff alleging discrimination
This class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of at least 10 members of the Hmong community in California’s Siskiyou County, targets Sheriff Jon Lopey, along with an elections clerk and a California secretary of state employee. Large numbers of Hmong people …
Valley leaders discuss how to help immigrants integrate and succeed
Two years into her term as a Fresno City Councilwoman, Esmeralda Soria still finds herself asking: “Did we provide those notices in Spanish and Hmong?” “The city of Fresno still has a lot of work to do in terms of integrating the immigrant community …
Refugees Say Right-Wing California Sheriff Intimidated Them at Gunpoint
Yurgh is a member of the Hmong community in Siskiyou County, California. The rural area could have been a haven for the Hmong people, hundreds of whom settled there as refugees after the Vietnam War, some with their children who were born in the United States.
‘Yes’ vote on Prop. 58 will ease school language barriers
If Proposition 58 passes, the district could more easily expand its dual-language offerings and better serve its native Spanish, Hmong and Mixteco speakers. In 2015-16, about 1.4 million students in California public schools were English learners …
Fresno State prof gets national science award
Vang, who also teaches English at Fresno City College, is the first Hmong American to earn a master of fine arts degree from Fresno State and the first graduate to create a scholarship. Vang is scheduled to read poetry during the reception, which will also …
Federal Lawsuit By Ethnic Minority: Retaliation For Enforcement Of Cannabis Law?
A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on Sept. 12 by a group of Hmong plaintiffs led by Jesse Vang and Wang Chang against Siskiyou County, its sheriff (Jon Lopey), the county clerk (Coleen Setzer), along …
A Tale of Two Californias: Hmong farmers flounder, Silicon Beach flourishes
What is the state of economic opportunity in California? Take Two is examining that question as part of a series we are calling “A Nation Engaged,” a collaboration with NPR that explores local issues ahead of the November election. Are economic …
University of Arizona Inks Deal for ‘Micro-Campus’ at American University of Phnom Penh
RELATED: California University to Offer Hmong Minor Starting Fall 2016 “We’re very excited about the possibilities the dual-degree program opens up for our students. It opens up the possibility for them to get degrees from both the America University of …
Hmong residents sue Siskiyou over alleged voter intimidation
Allegations of voter intimidation in Siskiyou County have made their way to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and they are joined by accusations of racist enforcement of county ordinances against the Hmong community.
Accused Fresno County Jail shooter is poster child for deportation gaps
A Hmong refugee accused of shooting two Fresno County correctional officers is one of thousands of immigrants existing in a legal limbo because their home countries have declined to take them back. U.S. immigration authorities tried to deport Thong Vang …
Fresno Correctional Officer Who Was Shot in Head Returns Home
Yesterday Vang, a Hmong refugee, pled not guilty to two counts of attempted murder, the Fresno Bee reported. He was scheduled to return to court Oct. 19 and, if convicted, could face 110 years to life in prison. Vang was on parole at the time of the …
Fresno jail officer who was shot is home in Sanger
Davila and Scanlan were unarmed and working in the lobby of the downtown Fresno jail Sept. 3 when they were shot as they tried to escort Thong Vang, a Hmong refugee with a violent criminal history, out of the lobby. Vang, 37, is facing attempted murder …
Hmong Say Northern California Sheriff Is Out to Get Them
SACRAMENTO (CN) — Nestled under the dominating silhouette of Mt. Shasta in northernmost California is a bustling community of Vietnam war refugees and Hmong-Americans seeking solitude in normally tranquil Siskiyou County. Hundreds of newly settled Hmong …
