December 27, 2012
New York City
Hideki Matsui announced his retirement at age 38 on Thursday in Manhattan. Known as "Godzilla" to baseball fans in Japan and U.S., the 6 foot 2 inch, 210 lb. athlete has had an illustrious career in both countries.
He was named World Series Most Valuable Player in the U.S., and three times was named the Central League Most Valuable Player Award in Japan. He played seven seasons from 2003-2009 for the New York Yankees, and ten seasons for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
He had a $52 million dollar four year contract with the New York Yankees through 2009. Matsui helped the New York Yankees win the World Series, defeating the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies earning him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. At the end of 2009, Matsui agreed to a one-year $6.5 million dollar deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
In addition, Matsui played one year stints with the Oakland Athletics, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Tampa Bay Rays. He was a basebal outfielder and designated hitter, batting left-handed and throwing right-handed.
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January 22, 2013
Washington D.C.
by AC Team staff
If
you
are
as
talented
as
designer
Jason
Wu,
lightning
can
indeed
strike
twice
to
your
career.
First
Lady
Michelle
Obama
arrived
to
the
Commander-in-Chief
inaugural
ball
last
night
wearing
his
stunning
ruby
red
gown,
marking
the second
inaugural
she
chose
to
wear
one
of
his
creations.
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San Francisco
A week-long celebration begins March 9 to 15, 2013 to commemorate the investiture of San Francisco State University's 13th President, Leslie E. Wong.
The formal investiture of President Wong will take place Thursday March 14, at 2pm in McKenna Theatre on campus.
A celebration dinner honoring President Wong's investiture, and the induction of alumni into the SF State Alumni Hall of Fame will take place on Friday March 15 at the historic Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco.
The celebration dinner will be emceed by author and former senior editor of Rolling Stone magazine Ben Fong-Torres, also a San Francisco State Hall of Famer.
After a nationwide search, the California State University Board of Trustees named Dr. Leslie E. Wong, as president of San Francisco State University last May, 2012. Dr. Wong, was the head of Northern Michigan University since 2004. San Francisco State University has a campus of nearly 30,000 students.
Dr. Wong is a native of Oakland, California. His mother is of Mexican descent from a family of farm workers. His father is Chinese American, and was an executive of the National Dollar Store.
The full schedule of week-long events are listed at presidentialinvestiture.sfsu.edu
Our AAJA-LA.org board has a great slate of programs this year. Don't miss this event this Sunday April 21 - but hurry! RSVP by April 18 on Eventbrite.
Presented
by
Asian
American
Journalists
Association
–
Los
Angeles
chapter,
in
partnership
with
KPCC,
Southern
California
Public
Radio
When: 10:00 a.m. to noon Sun April 21, 2013
Where: Crawford Family Forum at KPCC, 474 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena
LIMITED SEATING + RSVP required by Thursday, April 18 on Eventbrite
What: Please join us for a session for community groups to learn how to pitch stories to the media and to get news covered.
Meet with journalists and trainers in print, broadcast, online media and public relations.
Step by step, how does the press select stories to cover?
What’s a pitch, and what kind of pitches catch the attention of decision-makers?
How do you make a local story appeal to national media?
How can you help journalists gain access to and understand diverse communities, diverse issues?
The workshop will include specific examples, case studies as well as allow participants to break into small groups, with a trainer guiding a conversation in each group.
Attendees may want to bring specific ideas and issues to brainstorm within your group and with our speakers.
SPEAKERS:
- Ashley Dunn, Los Angeles Times
- Jay Eckstein, KABC Channel 7
- Oscar Garza, KPCC
- Rachanee Srisavasdi, VENG Group