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AAPI Stars of Hollywood, Sports, and Business! Asia Society Southern California Gala 2023

Posted by AC Team - on Sunday, 21 May 2023

AAPI Stars of Hollywood, Sports, and Business! Asia Society Southern California Gala 2023
May 21, 2023 Written by AC Team View our highlight reel at the end of this article! The Asia Society of Southern California's gala in Los Angeles was a spectacular showcase of veteran and new generations of Asian American stars in Hollywood, Sports, and Business.  Actress, Writer, Producer Awkwafina was honored in the "Cultural Visionary" category. Awkwafina can be seen in her Comedy Central Show Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens which she created and stars in, Disney's...

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June 19th is the 29th Anniversary. Remembering Vincent Chin - by Emil Guillermo

Posted by AC Team on Sunday, 19 June 2011

Remembering Vincent Chin? Vincent Who? Asian Americans know him, but do they know Ronald Ebens? Click here for Emil Guillermo's commentary. Visit Emil Guillermo's official blog at www.amok.com

SF Native Betty Ong Remembered - Flight Attendant was on the 1st plane to hit the World Trade Center 9/11

Posted by AC Team on Tuesday, 13 September 2011

COLMA, Calif. (KGO) -- KGO TV reporter Vic Lee reports.

San Francisco native Betty Ong was a flight attendant aboard the first plane to hit the World Trade Center in New York. In a way, she was one of the first responders: Ong risked her life by alerting American Airlines that a hijacking was under way. For the full story click here.

Hong Kong student's Steve Jobs graphic leads to job offer and merchandise

Posted by AC Team on Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Jonathan Mak, a 19 year old Hong Kong student created an Apple logo with a profile of Steve Jobs which goes viral. The design garners him worldwide attention, a job offer, and merchandise with the graphic can be found for sale on eBay


Click here for the full story. 

KABC-TV's David Ono's "Witness: The Power of a Picture" 40th Anniversary of "Napalm Girl"

Posted by David Ono ABC7 News LA on Friday, 01 June 2012

KABC-TV's David Ono's
Witness:  The Power of a Picture


A David Ono - ABC7 Eyewitness News Special

KABC-TV Los Angeles

 

Travel with ABC7 Eyewitness News Anchor, David Ono to Vietnam on the 40th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize winning photo “Napalm Girl” which shows an innocent 9-year-old whose clothes were burned off her body by napalm during the Vietnam War.

 

Airing Saturday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m. PST

 

 

Highlights of David Ono's powerful documentary are online at KABC-TV's website. The documentary initially aired on KABC-TV June 2, at 630 p.m. PST. 

A photograph allows us to deeply examine a split second in time.  It’s an opportunity to freeze the world and absorb all the emotions, actions, consequences that are attached to that moment.     Photographer Nick Ut’s “Napalm Girl” did exactly that.  We saw an innocent child whose clothes were burned off her body, running naked, in seething pain.  Children, caught in the cross fire, would forever have an indelible face - Kim Phuc. 
That moment changed us, providing a sobering clarity to how quickly innocent life can be shattered by war.  KABC-TV's David Ono travels back to Trang Bang, where, 40 years ago, a 21 year old photographer and a 9 year old girl collide to create one of the most important images of the 20th 

Are You Truly Free? by Marilyn Tam

Posted by Marilyn Tam on Monday, 06 August 2012

Are You Truly Free? by Marilyn Tam

Are You Truly Free?

By Marilyn Tam 

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