Tag: California
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Northern California water restrictions prompt accusations of racial profiling of Hmong farmers
Activists say the policies have escalated tension between the Hmong community and officials, pointing to an incident in June, when authorities shot and killed farmer Soobleej Kaub Hawj. Read Full Article
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Waterford’s Madelynn Bernau takes a bronze medal in mixed trap at the Tokyo Olympics
Madelynn Bernau of Waterford teamed with Brian Burrows of Torrance, California, to take the bronze medal in mixed trap at the Tokyo Olympics. Read Full Article
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Wildfire updates: Dixie Fire, at 200k acres, is California’s 14th largest fire of all time
The fire now spans 208,200 acres (325 square miles), making it California’s 14th-largest fire by acreage. Over 5,100 firefighters are battling the blaze, which ignited July 13 above the Cresta Dam in … Read Full Article
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Hmong American activist ends hunger strike after talking with California Attorney General’s office
Zurg Xiong, 33, had gone three weeks without food while demanding an outside investigation into a law enforcement shooting. Read Full Article
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AG to review complaints in officer shooting death of Hawj
By Louis Chan, AsAmNews National Correspondent. The California Attorney General’s office Friday agreed to review scores of complaints in the officer shooting death of father and … Read Full Article
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California congressman bulldozes Asian-run pot greenhouses, quotes ‘Apocalypse Now’
In May, a Northern California sheriff’s office asked on Facebook for volunteers to help bulldoze the marijuana greenhouses that have recently popped up by the hundreds on private property in one small … Read Full Article
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California man shot, killed by officers prompts calls for justice from Minnesota’s Hmong community
Soobleej Kaub Hawj was killed in late June. Now a man named Zurg Xiong is on hunger strike to protest the shooting and injustices happening in Siskiyou County. Read Full Article
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Man shot, killed by California officers prompts calls for justice from Minnesota’s Hmong community
Soobleej Kaub Hawj was killed in late June. Now a man is on hunger strike to protest the shooting and injustices happening in Siskiyou County. Read Full Article
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Small rural county a frontier for resisting anti-Asian violence
By Sandy Close, Ethnic Media Services with additional reporting by Sunita Sohrabji and video/photographs YREKA, California — Over 600 Hmong Americans from across California and as far away as … Read Full Article
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St. Paul’s Hmong city council members wade into California water, cannabis dispute
St. Paul City Council Members Dai Thao and Nelsie Yang, who are both Hmong, have called for a federal investigation into the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. Read Full Article
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Hmong Americans protest at Siskiyou courthouse: what led to the demonstration
When a 35-year-old man was shot dead by law enforcement in front of his wife and three children in the first frantic hours after the Lava Fire exploded in Northern California it laid bare simmering … Read Full Article
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Hmong Americans protest deputy shooting death of farmer
More than 100 protesters rallied in front of the Siskiyou County Courthouse in Northern California Saturday outraged at the death of Hmong American father and farmer, Soobleej Kaub Hawj, at the hands … Read Full Article
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Sheriff identifies man shot during California wildfire as tensions rise with pot growers
My current living situation is much like when I lived in the jungles of Laos,” one Siskiyou County resident wrote in a court filing. Read Full Article
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Fresno schools did not discriminate against English-learning families, California says
But parents – and at least one trustee – say Fresno Unified still needs to do more to help EL students succeed. Read Full Article
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California wildfires: Here’s the latest on Beckwourth Fire and 3 other major blazes
Four major wildfires continue to burn in Northern California amid triple-digit temperatures and have already burned thousands of acres of fuel and destroyed several homes. The largest among these is … Read Full Article
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Tuesday update: Here are the wildfires burning right now in Northern California
Wildfir Northern California throughout this week, including the Salt Fire, the Lava Fire and the Tennant Fire. All three have prompted evacuations, closed roads and destroyed structures across the … Read Full Article: article source