Chinatown Local Business

Local business in Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA)

• Monday May 6 | via KQED 

  San Francisco Has Highest Minimum Wage in Nation, Bu...

  When Lydia Panitig came from the Philippines, she said, her teaching credentials did not transfer, so her only option was a $25-a-day cleaning job.

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  Related Topix: Chinatown (San Francisco, CA), Ford Foundation, Charitable Organizations, Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA)

• Monday May 6 | via Frying Pan News 

  An Interview With Novelist Lisa See

  Bestselling novelist Lisa See's Los Angeles roots go back five generations - the Chinese branch of her biracial family has been involved in 100 years of Chinatown's history.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA), Publishing, Media, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Digital Journal, FOX News Network

• Friday May 3 | via Mass Transit 

  CA: Historic Union Station Facing Renovation Plans

  Architects commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to upgrade the 77-year-old transit hub in downtown Los Angeles showed preliminary plans that put a high-speed rail system atop, beneath or alongside existing subways without compromising... While high-speed rail remains an uncertain prospect in California, it is the centerpiece of ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Railroads, California High-Speed Rail, Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA)