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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Business owners in San Francisco's Chinatown are speaking out, demanding that the city do more to help them. This comes as news that Far East Café, a staple in Chinatown for ...

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 ...

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 ...

A punk band played a Denny's in California last week, but that's not so strange: turns out punk has a history in the restaurants of LA's Chinatown. Madeline Leung Coleman talks about the history.