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    Jun 18, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Little Saigon turns 25

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    In 1988, a freeway off-ramp sign on the Garden Grove (22) freeway marked the official birth of Little Saigon. Now, as Vietnamese Americans toast 25 years of an enclave once sprinkled with orange groves and strawberry fields – the immigrant community...
    2. Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. As Little Saigon turns 25, family and heritage mark the path ahead

    In a conservative Orange County town, where the strawberry fields were still plentiful and the population solidly white, Danh's Pharmacy stood out when it opened its doors after the Vietnam War came to an end.
    In a conservative Orange County town, where the strawberry fields were still plentiful and the population solidly white, Danh's Pharmacy stood out when it opened its doors after the Vietnam War came to an end. Yet the business was just the beginning...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Tuberculosis, Realty, Refugee, Immigration

    3. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. The Vietnam syndrome

    Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn the last American troops from the war zone and had declared indigenous forces strong enough, and the government reliable enough, to withstand whatever the enemy might throw into the fray after U.S. forces were gone.
    Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn...

    Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations, David Petraeus, U.S. Military

    4. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Young Vietnamese Americans learning the lessons of Black April

    One girl gasps as the grainy black-and-white footage rolls: Women are screaming, thrusting their babies at soldiers boarding a helicopter.
    One girl gasps as the grainy black-and-white footage rolls: Women are screaming, thrusting their babies at soldiers boarding a helicopter. In the next scene, hundreds of refugees packed in the belly of a rickety boat rock in the ocean, desperately...

    Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Immigration

    5. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. George McArthur dies at 88; L.A. Times Saigon bureau chief during Vietnam War

    George McArthur, who covered the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times as Saigon bureau chief after spending two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, died Friday. He was 88.
    George McArthur, who covered the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times as Saigon bureau chief after spending two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, died Friday. He was 88. McArthur died at a hospice in Fairfax County, Va., of...

    Tags: Journalism, Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), Racism, Vietnam War (1955-1975)

    6. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Prop 8: In Little Saigon, activists push for recognition

    Members of a Vietnamese LGBT group closely followed the U.S. Supreme Court hearing Tuesday, anxious about the eventual outcome and hopeful that it will help change deeply rooted feelings about gay rights in the immigrant community.
    Members of a Vietnamese LGBT group closely followed the U.S. Supreme Court hearing Tuesday, anxious about the eventual outcome and hopeful that it will help change deeply rooted feelings about gay rights in the immigrant community. “I'm excited...

    Tags: Family, Civil Rights, Labor Legislation, Gay Rights, Immigration

    7. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Pham Duy dies at 91; Vietnam's most prolific songwriter

    Pham Duy, Vietnam's most prolific songwriter, who captured the strength of his people through years of turbulence and composed dozens of tunes after settling in California, died Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City. He was 91.
    Pham Duy, Vietnam's most prolific songwriter, who captured the strength of his people through years of turbulence and composed dozens of tunes after settling in California, died Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his...

    Tags: Music Industry, Music, Obituaries, Entertainment, Wars and Interventions

    8. Feb 14, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  8. After Tet parade snub, LGBT groups ask for city intervention

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    After being kept out of this year's Tet parade, LGBT groups are asking Westminster officials to push back by attaching a no-discrimination clause to permits granted for special events. Activists attended the Westminster City Council meeting Wednesday,...
    9. Feb 10, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  9. LGBT community sidelined from Tet parade but undeterred

    L.A. NOW
    LGBT community sidelined from Tet parade but undeterred...
    10. Jan 10, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  10. City says it can't afford to pay for Tet parade in Little Saigon

    L.A. NOW
    The city that gave birth to Little Saigon is unable to help pay for the annual Tet parade and is asking residents in the heavily Vietnamese city to quickly ramp up a fundraising effort to help save a traditional event......
    11. Jan 10, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. 91-year-old home burns in Hancock Park

    L.A. NOW
    The Los Angeles Fire Department was battling a blaze at 200 S. Muirfield Road in Hancock Park, where fire had fully engulfed the attic of a 91-year-old home, according to authorities. The home's occupants escaped the two-story, 5,000-square-foot home...
    12. Jan 10, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Former legislator Sheila Kuehl to run for Westside supervisor seat

    L.A. NOW
    Former state lawmaker Sheila Kuehl has announced plans to run for the Westside Los Angeles County Supervisor seat held by Zev Yaroslavsky when he leaves office in 2014....
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