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The Golden Dragon massacre: A bloody rampage in the heart of 1970s San Francisco FacebookTwitterEmail Interior of the Golden Dragon Restaurant, 1977.Terry Schmidt It started with a dispute over illegal firework sales and ended with a rampage in a San Francisco restaurant that in under 60 seconds left five innocent bystanders dead, and 11 injured. Here s the story of 1977 s Golden Dragon Massacre and the Chinatown underground war between two rival street gangs, the Joe Boys and the Wah Ching, that led three teenage shooters to carry out one of the worst mass murders in San Francisco history. San Francisco in 70s was a bloody, violent city. So many high profile crimes occurred during that period that a gang-fueled bloodbath in the middle of Chinatown is often a footnote to the chaos. ....
Hi Everyone, Christina Cala First off, please welcome Christina Cala to Code Switch as a producer. You know Christina from her work at ATC and recently at TED Radio Hour. During her time at NPR, she s produced from Colombia to Finland to Birmingham. She also reported from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and directed breaking news coverage. When not working, Christina can be found backpacking, reading or watercoloring. She joins us on June 28. Sam Yellowhorse Kesler And then I m delighted to announce the selection of the first-ever Code Switch Fellow. Sam Yellowhorse Keslerbegins his six-month assignment with the team starting today. Many of you may know Sam already he s a former intern with Ask Me Another and he s just finished up an assignment as a news assistant with ATC. While he was an intern, Sam helped found an Indigenous Employee Resource Group to elevate, and promote, better cover of issues involving Native Americans. He s also worked at WXPN ....
Larry Matsuda, A Masterful Life By Elaine Ikoma Ko, Special to The North American Post Photos by Matsuda family (except where noted) Larry Matsuda, PhD, aka “Dr. Larry,” was born in Minidoka incaration camp during World War II. A Sansei, he grew up in the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of central and south Seattle. Today, he […] ....
A Personal Memoir of Seattle’s Asian American Community Posted On “My Unforgotten Seattle” by Ron Chew (University of Washington Press) Third-generation Seattleite, historian, journalist, and museum visionary Ron Chew spent more than five decades fighting for Asian American and social justice causes in Seattle. In this deeply personal memoir, he documents the tight-knit community he remembers, describing small family shops, chop suey restaurants, and sewing factories now vanished. He untangles the mystery of his extended family’s journey to America during the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Intimate profiles of his parents a waiter and garment worker and leaders like Bob Santos, Ruth Woo, Al Sugiyama, Roberto Maestas, and Kip Tokuda are set against the familiar backdrop of local landmarks such as Sick’s Stadium, Kokusai Theatre, Shorey’s Bookstore, Higo Variety Store, Hong Kong Restaurant, and Chubby &Tubby. ....