John Goodman profiles Calif. State Controller John Chiang in the March 2009 issue of Governing Magazine ( download a PDF scan of the article):
The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation is hosting its Second Annual Casino Night and Poker Tournament on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the Washington Inn, 495 10th Street, in downtown Oakland. The event, which features Blackjack, Roulette, Craps and non-tournament Poker, will be held from 6:30 – 10:30 p.m.
General admission tickets cost $35 and participants receive generous appetizers, door prizes, and can qualify for over $3,200 in prizes. Ac...Read more
We are getting close to the main event! Come and share this very special night with Joe, Duat, Dhaya, and Mark at the world famous Punchline comedy club. Share our humor and support us as we push for our spot into the Comedy World.
*Joe Nugyen - Half Vietnamese half Jew but 100% clever
*Duat Mai - No one knows what’s going on in his mind but you will laugh
*Dhaya Lakshminarayanan - MIT Grad bringing brains and funny
*Mark Zhang - (Headliner) Your local fast rising SF underground comic
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Hyphen is turning 6. That’s like 30 in independent magazine years! With so many independent publications struggling these days, we are darn proud to still be here - alive and kicking.
Celebrate with us.
Six in the City
Friday, March 27th, 2009
9-2a @ club six, san francisco
$10 | $20 w/ a subscrīption (50% off) | 21+
free subscrīption to first 50 guests! (courtesy of IW group)
live music, live art, birthday cake & prize giveaways.
performing LIVE: Th...Read more
What’s life like after college? What are some techniques or non-traditional paths that one can take to land a job in this economy, a job that can continue to serve our communities?
South Bay First Thursdays will engage upcoming and recent college graduates to share ways to stay involved in their communities and still be employed!
April 2, 2009 7pm to 9pm
United Way Building, 1922 The Alamed...Read more
Bloom: Show Compassion is Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center’s signature fundraiser and the 5th Annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Join us for a spring gathering featuring entertainment, deletable bites from San Francisco’s top restaurants (including Poleng Lounge, Anzu & Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Cuisine), amazing Silent Auction deals, and community awards.
Register NOW for the 2009 San Francisco Community Leadership Conference “Be the Change, Be a Leader” and join us on Saturday, March 28th for stimulating day of leadership development and networking.
Kicking off the conference will be keynote speaker, David Chiu, President of the SF Board of Supervisors.
Featured workshop sessions include Assertive Interviewing, Understanding Leadership Styles, Executive Communication Skills and the Leveraging Civic Engagement for Career Success.
Cl...Read more
Tak Toyoshima
, creator of “
Secret Asian Man
” (
http://secretasianman.com), the first nationally syndicated comic strip featuring an Asian American lead character, will be at
Dave Lu’s
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On March 5, 2008, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of California returned an indictment for federal civil rights charges for the race-based attack on Vishal Wadhwa and his companions on July 14, 2007.
Edwin Prather, past president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA), has represented Mr. Wadhwa in a pro bono capacity since July 2007 and has served as the link between the case and local ...Read more
I’m joining Rich Pio Roda, Dale Minami, Lovely Dhillon, Brian Wang, Ben Wan, Keesa Ocampo, Genevieve Jopanda and John Lin in co-hosting David Chiu’s biggest and best party and fundraiser supporting his run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors! At a time when the City is facing record crime rates, an ailing economy and fiscal challenges, David ( Read more