Chinatown News

Although it seems as if the single-use grocery bag, as it's formally known, has been around forever, it wasn't until 1977 that it was introduced to U.S. supermarkets, a move that prompted perhaps the most asked question of the following decade: "Paper or plastic?" As the years went by and plastic won, people began to find myriad other makeshift ... (more)

Liz Glynn: gold after gold Redling Fine Art 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Bring a piece of gold to Redling Fine Art from May 31-June 16 where one of theirA representatives will photograph, measure and weigh the piece.

The Old Chinatown Central Plaza is reflected in the window of a restaurant in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan.

A girl suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning after a car crashed through the wall of her Chinatown apartment as she slept.

On the surface, a big Wal-Mart store might seem out of place in the midst of the old-fashioned curio shops, the little dim sum eateries and the colorful lanterns and pagodas that make up one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States.

Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, taking their discontent on a wide range of issues to world leaders... A handful of protesters briefly interrupted a Maine college graduation speech by British Prime Minister Tony Blair calling for ... (more)

A handful of protesters briefly interrupted a Maine college graduation speech by British Prime Minister Tony Blair calling for world unity.

It's crime-ridden. There is no sense of community. Parents don't care about their children.

Sue Lee, Executive Director of the Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco, is on a mission.

The Chinese Cultural Center is presenting 'Orange Peel, Harbor Seal, Hyperreal,' the first solo exhibition in the Bay Area of the work of critically-acclaimed Chinese-American artist Adrian Wong.

Warehouse store Smart & Final signed a lease last week to open a new location on Figueroa in downtown L.A. The approximately 25,000-square-foot space should be up-and-running by early next year, said Randall Oliver, a company spokesman.

Escalatinga campaignagainstWal-Mart, a labor group Monday demanded that politiciansacross the staterefuse to accept campaign donations from the big-box retailerand that they return any moneyalready received.

Three Burbank residents are suing the city for allegedly illegally issuing permits to Walmart.

A complex of five-storey condominiums planned for Baseline and Greenbank roads got a go-ahead from city council's planning committee Tuesday, seemingly bringing to an end a four-year battle over... There seems to be a popular attitude in the land that if the government is going to be involved in the gambling business, it should at least do a lousy ... (more)

A The LuckyRice Festival presented by Bombay Sapphire and Conde Nast Traveler hosted a series of events this past week highlighting some of the best in Asian Cuisine, Music and Entertainment from the East.

By the time Peggy-Jean Montgomery was 3 years old in 1921, she had been given the nom du cinema of Baby Peggy and had starred in some 150 two-reelers. Audiences loved the short silent movies, which were often comedies mocking the serious films of the day.

Let the tour buses take the throngs to visit Marilyn Monroe's hand prints at Grauman's Chinese Theater or to press their noses up to the windows on Rodeo Drive and wander Beverly Hills like they're Julia Roberts.