Everywhere you look, small family-owned businesses are either shuttered, or on the brink of it. The trauma and the stress, the only thing that it s comparable to is how we came over here with nothing but the shirts on our back from a war. From a war called the Vietnam War. That s the only devastation and trauma we can parallel this with, said Tam Nguyen, one of the co-founders of Nailing It For America, a salon advocacy group that has fought to keep their industry alive.
Little Saigon has plenty that are desperate for a lifeline, sitting next to restaurants and cafes in the same boat.
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With control of the U.S. Senate and much of
President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance, the Rev.
Raphael Warnock brought Democrats a step closer to their goal by winning one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs. CNN, MSNBC and the Associated Press called the race early Wednesday morning after Warnock amassed a lead of more than 40,000 votes over his opponent, Sen.
Kelly Loeffler, who did not concede. Warnock will be the first Black senator from Georgia.
In the state’s other race, Democrat
Jon Ossoff and Republican
David Perdue, whose Senate term expired Sunday, remained neck and neck, with Ossoff in the lead and thousands of votes yet to be tallied. (Here are the latest results.)
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Even with the constant drumbeat of news about election high jinks in 2020, allegations of a fake voting center in Orange County stood out as something brazen.
The center was advertised on Vietnamese language radio and television as an election assistance site, a “secure” location where non-English speakers could guarantee their absentee ballots weren’t “fraudulent.” Another sign that was posted outside the office said “ballot room” or “polling place” in Vietnamese.
In reality, it was the campaign office for Republican Westminster Councilwoman Kimberly Ho.
Two months after the election, a number of questions about the site remain unanswered, including whether the campaign misled voters by promoting the office as a place to drop off ballots and receive other election-related services. Critics also raised possible repercussions: Will other campaigns see value in such voting assistance, muddying the distinction from official polling places?
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Herschell Taghap spent nearly a decade as a cook, social media manager, and resident DJ for Tom Douglas Restaurants. Now, he works in social media, teaches cooking classes, and is happiest feeding his family.Â
Making restaurant favorites at home is what #HellaRice is all about. Iâve thrown a few dishes at you recently that require lots of steps; this recipe is simple, but one that brings me a lot of joy. These are the meals that I have cooked for my family at home to the best of my ability during the past five yearsârecreated in recipe form. We already ate it and for the most part, enjoyed it. I hope you will too.
This has been a year like no other, with the coronavirus dominating the news, including our stories in Comstock’s, both in print and online. It was a difficult year for most businesses in the Capital Region, among the most difficult in the 31 years Comstock’s has been publishing, especially for those deemed nonessential and forced to shut down. For Comstock’s, 2020 kicked off with several memorable editions before the pandemic dominated our coverage. The March issue, our annual celebration of women in leadership, was a whopping 152 pages, the largest ever produced by Comstock’s. Despite the surge in COVID-19, our November issue, focusing on the environment, was