Monterey Park City Councilmember Vinh Ngo speaks during a special City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Monterey Park. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

    Chinese American leaders fear ‘collective suspicion’ after LA, San Bernardino county FBI searches – Orange County Register

    It isn’t the federal investigation itself that many Chinese American leaders say worries them most. It’s the possibility that allegations involving a handful of people could cast suspicion on an entire community. Federal authorities last week searched the West Covina offices of EDI Media Inc., which describes itself as the nation’s largest Chinese-American multimedia company,…

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    Delta resumes direct Hong Kong-US flights despite higher fuel costs

      Delta resumes direct Hong Kong-US flights despite higher fuel costs

      United States carrier Delta Air Lines has resumed direct flights to the city after the pandemic, launching a daily service to Los Angeles amid surging fuel prices. Jeff Moomaw, the airline’s vice-president for Asia-Pacific, said on Monday that it would take some time to increase services connecting the city to more destinations as the carrier…

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      Arcadia mayor to plead guilty to charges of acting as Chinese agent

        Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang to plead guilty in China agent case

        ARCADIA, Calif. – Former Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges alleging she secretly acted as an agent of the Chinese government. Resignation What we know: Wang, 58, resigned from office Monday, the same day the federal indictment was made public. In her resignation letter to city leaders, she described…

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        2 Hongkongers penalised as new public vaping ban takes effect

          2 Hongkongers penalised as new public vaping ban takes effect

          At least two Hong Kong residents have been penalised for vaping in Admiralty as health authorities begin enforcing a new law banning the public use of alternative tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. “We will issue penalty tickets without warning, and step up publicity in high-traffic areas such as business districts,” Head of Tobacco and Alcohol Control…

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          Florida woman faces life in prison after shooting at Rihanna’s L.A. mansion

          A 35-year-old woman from Florida is facing the possibility life in prison in connection with a shooting earlier this week outside popstar Rihanna’s Beverly Crest mansion, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the singer’s home in 9500 block of Heather Road around 1:15 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of shots fired….

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