Los Angeles brightest, young Asian Pacific leaders were recognized for their outstanding philanthropy last night in rainy Downtown LA. APCF, the Asian Pacific Community Fund, hosted the Awards reception for the third year in a row where 200 community supporters, philanthropists and young civic leaders came out to support the young awards recipients. Hosted by [...]

I’m sensing a trend here. Cities all over the country and the world participate in some kind of sister city program. Los Angeles is sister city to several other global towns, among them Mumbai in India, Guangzhou in China and even Makati in the Philippines. But some cities are taking it even a step further. [...]

Nowadays, it’s no longer the homeless that stay in humble abodes made of recycled materials. In fact, buildings made out of recycled material are very hippie chic, like the first bottle school in San Pablo, Philippines completed this spring. The structure is made entirely of thousands of adobe and 1.5 liter plastic bottles collected by volunteers [...]

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists [...]

We love it when brands recognize the power of the Asian consumer. And Swiss watchmaker Longines is the newest brand to add Asian faces to their spokesperson lineup. Bollywood icon Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Chinese model and actress Chi Ling Lin, and British actress Kate Winslet revealed the new additions to the Longines DolceVita collection in [...]