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Frank Shyong

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Frank Shyong is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times writing about diversity and diaspora in Los Angeles. He grew up south of Nashville, Tenn., and moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to study economics at UCLA. He joined The Times in 2012 and previously reported on the San Gabriel Valley, Chinese immigration to the Southland and the Asian American community.

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Column: Why did no one warn the housekeepers about the Getty fire?

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Column: Why did no one warn the housekeepers about the Getty fire?

Housekeepers in the Pacific Palisades were unaware of the mandatory evacuations and showed up to work while a threatening fire blazed.

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As wildfires burn across California, President Trump lashes out at the state on Twitter
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Asian hair, and what we talk about in L.A. barbershops

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Asian hair, and what we talk about in L.A. barbershops

Los Angeles’s barbershops are a window into multicultural worlds
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Andrew Yang faces his critics in the Asian American community

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Andrew Yang faces his critics in the Asian American community

Andrew Yang meets with a group of Asian American critics, listens carefully, shows self-awareness, and stops short of an apology.

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This Republican challenging Trump is trying to remind the GOP how much it hates the deficit
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Column: Chinatown without Chinese grocery stores, and the delicate balance of ethnic communities

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Column: Chinatown without Chinese grocery stores, and the delicate balance of ethnic communities

Chinatown is about to lose G and G Market as well as Ai Hoa Market, leaving the neighborhood without a full-service Chinese grocery store.
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Column: We’re thoughtful about what we eat. How come we’re thoughtless about what we share online?

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Column: We’re thoughtful about what we eat. How come we’re thoughtless about what we share online?

There is something about the internet that makes us act dumb, and that includes me.
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Column: Laotian Americans’ stories are obscured by history. That’s why we need ethnic studies

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Column: Laotian Americans’ stories are obscured by history. That’s why we need ethnic studies

Stories of the U.S. bombing campaign and Laotians’ experiences in prison camps are little known, but state legislators could push to include their perspectives in a model curriculum.
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Column: Mass shooters seek notoriety, and we, the media, provide it. Is there another way?

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Column: Mass shooters seek notoriety, and we, the media, provide it. Is there another way?

We rank shootings to provide historical significance. Research says those rankings are treated like video game scoreboards by potential shooters.

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Skelton: San Diego’s city attorney is taking away hundreds of guns from those who shouldn’t have them
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Column: The workers who make Korean barbecue possible deserve better

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Column: The workers who make Korean barbecue possible deserve better

Columnist Frank Shyong takes a look at all the labor that goes into a single meal of Korean barbecue.
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Column: For the doctor behind Happy Foot Sad Foot sign, a strange kind of fame comes to an end

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Column: For the doctor behind Happy Foot Sad Foot sign, a strange kind of fame comes to an end

Over the last four decades, the Happy Foot Sad Foot sign at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Benton Way has become the neighborhood’s mascot and mood ring.
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Column: An appreciation of the pyrotechnic anarchy of 4th of July in Los Angeles

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Column: An appreciation of the pyrotechnic anarchy of 4th of July in Los Angeles

Every summer in Los Angeles, the police department, fire agencies and politicians take great pains to warn the public about the dangers of illegal fireworks.

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