SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco began closing Portsmouth Square Park to public use on June 10 for the renovation project. Many members of the Chinese Community remain outraged by the city's decision to overlook their opposition to removing the historic pedestrian bridge connected to the park and failing to preserve a landmark structure in Chinatown.

When walking down Irving Street near 19th Avenue, you will instantly find that it is full of life. Seniors spending mornings in Uncle Benny's, toddlers going on rope walks with their daycare, teens shopping at boba shops, and shoppers looking for a bargain at multiple grocery stores. It is a reminder that the Sunset’s identity as a place for families, is built into its DNA.

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) presented its pilot program—a four-block Red Public Transit-only Lane along the Ocean Avenue business corridor—to merchants. Local Asian merchants and residents opposed the pilot program and requested its permanent suspension during a community meeting hosted by the Asian community.

SAN FRANCISCO — Phoebe Maffei, an experienced prosecutor specializing in elder abuse and blessing scams, is running for a San Francisco Superior Court judge seat in the June 2 election. She is overwhelmingly supported by members of the Chinese community who know her through her work combating the blessing scams that hurt so many Chinese-speaking elderly women victims.

SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Daniel Lurie joined the nonprofit San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation (SFDDC) to launch a $25 million Downtown Business Fund. This fund offers grants, loans and professional support to entrepreneurs interested in filling vacant storefronts to revitalize downtown San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — Two bilingual and community-minded Chinese American police officers, Carla Lee Hurley and Kirk Yin, have been recently promoted to the rank of Captain in the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), serving as Southern Station Captain and Night Captain respectively. Lee Hurley becomes the highest-ranking Chinese and Asian American woman police officer currently in the department. 

SAN FRANCISCO — Thirty Family Child Care centers in San Francisco are on a list to receive advanced heat-pump water heaters for free under a childcare electrification pilot program aimed to improve air quality of the environment where the youngest generation grows.

SAN FRANCISCO — Recent data indicates a significant surge in influenza (flu) cases this season and continues to rise nationwide with test positivity reaching high levels in the San Francisco Bay Area and very high levels in Central California. Healthcare experts have recommended that everyone aged 6 months and older receives the flu vaccines every year. 

SAN FRANCISCO — With the continued support from generous donors and volunteers, the Chinese Newcomers Service Center held its long-standing traditional food drive on June 5 in Chinatown.