Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe looks around the basement at Reign Salon, which has a sealed-off spot that once provided Chinese Americans access to the tunnels in the late 1870s due to the anti-Chinese ...

The city of San Jose was once home to one of the largest Chinatowns in California. In the heart of downtown, it was the center of life for Chinese immigrants who worked on nearby farms and orchards.

Oakland’s Chinatown has been experiencing an uptick in robberies and assaults on residents -- including elderly people -- in recent months, according to multiple reports and the police. The Oakland ...

My name is Larry Hirahara; I was cited in the article Salinas California’s Chinatown has faded into a memory, by Eileen Hu.

Bay Area residents have begun banding together to patrol the streets of Oakland’s Chinatown in response to a wave of unprovoked attacks and robberies on residents. The loosely formed citizen patrols ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- One of Northern California's oldest jewelry stores is picking up the pieces after one of the most brazen, armed daytime robberies we've ever seen ...

Why does an ethnic neighborhood change? It’s a question I’ve agonized over in my years reporting on diverse communities for the L.A. Times. Though gentrification and rising rents are often the ...

The traditional archway that welcomes all to Chinatown’s Central Plaza on North Broadway in downtown Los Angeles greeted few visitors last week. The usually vibrant hub for Chinese culture, food and ...