All posts tagged "Los Angeles"

  • Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, center, kneeling, talks with a homeless couple sleeping under a bridge during the Point In Time Homeless Census, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Miami. The couple agreed to be sent to a shelter for the night. As part of a federal push, Miami-Dade County is aiming to end veteran homelessness by 2015, and chronic homelessness by 2016. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    Homeless population increases in Los Angeles

    Homelessness in Los Angeles has increased 20 percent in the last year. According to a report by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department last Friday, there were over half a million — 564,708 — homeless people...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • A home in Atherton, Calif., which topped the list for the highest average housing prices in the U.S. (Courtesy of Ed Blerman via Flickr/CC)
    CA dominates list of most expensive US housing: Forbes

    By Brian Han With high taxes and some of the most expensive housing prices in all of the U.S., California continues its evolution toward accommodating the wealthy. In Forbes’ latest list of the priciest zip codes, the...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • Los Angeles city councilman of the fourth district David Ryu
    Councilman Ryu investigates, criticizes LA’s sidewalk repair program

    By Brian Han Councilman David Ryu raised issue with Los Angeles’ current handling of sidewalk repairs that has so far cost $15 million in taxpayer money. The Korean American politician has spoke about and exhibited a very...

    • Posted November 21, 2015
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  • Left to right: Jung Su Hoe President Lee Kang-won, Bongwonsa monk Chung-woon, Los Angeles Korean Veterans Association President Robert Sohn
    Free meal for Korean War vets in K-Town next week

    Los Angeles’ Koreatown will host a free celebratory meal for Korean War veterans Nov. 24 at 11:30 a.m. inside the Great Wall Restaurant located at 989 S. Dewey Avenue. The event is organized by Bongwonsa, Jung Su...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Michelle M. Ahnn
    Korean American named to LA Superior Court

    A Korean American public defender was among seven named by California Governor Jerry Brown this week as a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. Michelle M. Ahnn, 42, who served as deputy alternate public defender since 2001, is...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • ryu insta
    Even on vacation, Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin continues training

    A video posted by Los Angeles Dodgers Ryu 99⚾️ (@hyunjinryu325) on Nov 16, 2015 at 9:03pm PST     By Brian Han Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin flew back to his hometown of Incheon, South Korea...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Year-end party
    LA K-Town restaurants, hotels see end-of-the-year events boom

    It’s the best time of the year for Korean restaurants and hotels in Los Angeles — reservation time slots across Koreatown are reaching 100 percent as local organizations clamor to book spaces for end-of-the-year events. Joo Woo-in,...

    • Posted November 19, 2015
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