San Francisco
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Tech Discovery: Scooter saga
Apr 25, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — Things have gotten a little bumpy for scooter startups in San Francisco lately. Despite the wide use of lime, bird and spin scooters throughout the city, criticism has been mounting for their unregulated use,... -
Activists continue to protest deportation of Philippine activist Jerome Aba
Apr 24, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — “They don’t think we can mobilize enough so that people will know what happens here- that torture happens here and that pisses me off.” Continued demonstrations by Filipino American activists at San Francisco’s International... -
Impact of James Garcia Dimaya SCOTUS ruling
Apr 22, 2018James Garcia Dimaya spent his young adult life in this part of California, Hayward, just across San Francisco Bay. He moved here in 1992 as a permanent resident. 26 years later, Dimaya’s legal victory is forcing... -
Community outcry after Filipino activist detained in San Francisco is deported
Apr 19, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — Chants of justice continued to fill the international arrivals terminal at the San Francisco International Airport. Staged outside of the locked Customs and Border Protection office — Filipino-Americans and their allies have been a... -
San Francisco State University celebrates Filipino mural
Apr 13, 2018Images of the past are represented on this Filipino-American mural. Moments in time representing the fight against the Marcos dictatorship, and against the wrongful eviction of elderly Filipino tenants at the international hotel. Heroes if the... -
FilVets gather to honor prisoners of war in the Bataan Death March
Apr 9, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — 76 years ago, on April 9th, 1942, US and Philippines forces surrendered to the Japanese and began the transfer of over 60,000 prisoners of war — which would be called the Bataan Death March.... -
YouTube shooting suspect identified as disgruntled content creator, three injured victims rushed to hospital
Apr 4, 2018(Photo: Getty Images/AFP) SAN BRUNO, CA — At approximately 12:46 p.m. on April 3, San Bruno police received numerous calls of gunfire heard at the YouTube headquarters. Within two minutes, police were on the scene. Authorities... -
Filipinos in Tech works to employ SF Filipino community through code
Apr 3, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — This is the language of computers, a series of numbers and words form codes that act as commands for computers to function. Twitter’s Neighbornest has opened its doors to Filipino youth and adults to... -
Analysis: San Francisco was third most unequal region in 2016 earnings for women and low-income families
Mar 24, 2018According to a recently released Brookings Institution Analysis of data from 2016, San Francisco is the third most unequal region in the US when it comes to income with families with high incomes earning 11 times... -
Shots fired in San Francisco neighborhood, suspect dead
Mar 22, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — This is cell phone footage of an injured San Francisco police officer crawling toward safety. The officer was shot in the leg, after exchanging gunfire with a suspect in the city’s Crocker-Amazon neighborhood Wednesday afternoon....
