Samir will debut in the upcoming special “Arthur’s First Day.” Arthur, the beloved long-running animated kids’ show, is getting a Sikh character. When Arthur and his friends start the new school year, they’ll meet some new classmates — including a Sikh boy named Samir. The character will make his debut in an upcoming hour-long special. […]

Calfornia Assembly passes resolution officially declaring November 22 as “Kimchi Day” The California legislature has passed a new resolution officially declaring November 22 as “Kimchi Day.” Under the bill, which was led by Californian Assemblyman Steven Choi, the day will celebrate the traditional Korean fermented side dish to promote the consumption of healthier food. Kimchi, […]

When Westfield Valley Fair mall, the preeminent shopping mall of Silicon Valley, became more accessible, I visited there after about a year and was struck by one thing: the sheer number of places you can get Boba Tea. I don’t drink the stuff myself, but Number One Son does. He told me that that are […]

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

Follows four Asian American women on a journey of “no-holds-barred wild debauchery.” Adele Lim, co-writer of Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon, will make her directorial debut helming an untitled R-rated comedy for Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures. Starring Tony and Grammy-nominated actress Ashley Park, the project follows four Asian American women […]

Robert Aaron Long faces four other murder charges in a neighboring county. The man accused of killing eight people at a string of Atlanta-area spas pleaded guilty on Tuesday to four counts of murder in suburban Cherokee County and will serve four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 35 years in prison. […]

She received 15.4 — the highest score on the uneven bars so far at the Tokyo Olympics. With Russia’s women”s gymnastics team leading by more than a point and Simone Biles abruptly out of the competition in Tuesday’s team final, it fell to Sunisa Lee, anchoring the United States on the uneven bars, to keep […]

80-year-old woman violently pushed in unprovoked assault. In Honolulu, surveillance cameras caught a disturbing violent assault on an 80-year-old woman on the street. 37-year-old Jordan Wong was arrested Tuesday after violently pushing down the unnamed victim in an unprovoked attack. The woman fell to the ground, over the curb and landed in the shoulder of […]