For months, Jose Ng visited Chinatown storefronts, handing out information on residents’ rights in interactions with federal agents if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection show up. Suddenly, the threat feels real.
Author Archives: Zhe Wu
Zhe Wu is a reporter who is interested in covering stories related to the Asian American community. Previously, she has covered education and local community issues in the East Bay for Oakland North, Oaklandside and Berkelyside. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, English and a bit of Hakka. She arrived at the Public Press in 2023 as a member of the first cohort of the California Local News Fellowship program, a multi-year, state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news reporting in California, with a focus on underserved communities. Zhe Wu received the 2025 award for Outstanding Emerging Journalist from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter.
Posted inCommunity, Economy & Business, Immigration, Neighborhoods
Young People Once Avoided Chinatown. Now They’re Coming Back
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, local leaders were looking for ways to keep local culture alive as older entrepreneurs retired without successors to carry on their legacies. They supported new galleries and festivals to fill the gap left by the loss of tourism, while trying to protect the neighborhood’s status as a home for low-income immigrant families and seniors. As new arrivals, each with their own motivations, look for their place in the neighborhood, they must engage with an already established and diverse community.
Posted inCommunity, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
The Silent Killer: Hepatitis B Disproportionately Impacts Asian Americans
This story is a condensed version of the Public Press’ Hepatitis B series. It was produced by American Community Media, which also provided translations.
Posted inCommunity, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’, Social Services
Kẻ Giết Người Thầm Lặng: Viêm Gan B Ảnh Hưởng Nặng Nề Đến Người Mỹ Gốc Á
Phóng sự này được hỗ trợ bởi California Health Equity Fellowship từ USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism và một khoản tài trợ từ Pulitzer Center. Nếu không nhờ vợ khuyên đi khám sức khỏe trước khi cưới, có lẽ Tony Lau – một nhà thầu dọn đến San Francisco từ thời thiếu niên – […]
Posted inCommunity, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
Ang Tahimik na Pumapatay: Ang Hepatitis B ay Di-pantay na Nakakapinsala sa mga Asyanong Amerikano
Ang pag-uulat na ito ay tinaguyod kasama ang isang California Health Equity Fellowship mula sa USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at isang gawad mula sa Pulitzer Center. Kung hindi dahil sa mungkahi ng kanyang asawang sumailalim sa isang pangkatawang check-up bago sila magpakasal, maaaring tumagal pa nang maraming taon para kay Tony Lau, isang […]
Posted inCommunity, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
无声的杀手：乙肝对亚裔美国人的影响尤为严重
本报道是《旧金山公共新闻报》乙肝系列主题报道的精简版，由美国社区媒体公司整理并翻译。
Posted inCommunity, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
無聲殺手：亞裔美國人受B型肝炎影響尤其嚴重
本報導是「 舊金山公共新聞報」B肝系列主題報導的精簡版，由美國社區媒體公司整理並翻譯。
Posted inCity Hall, Neighborhoods
Voters Recall Supervisor Engardio as Asian Americans Lead Revolt Over Road Closure
A powerful political backlash to the conversion of a roadway to a park on the city’s western seashore led to Tuesday’s downfall of the supervisor representing the neighborhood — a move Asian American leaders say signals the community’s rising political power.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Elections, Neighborhoods, Politics
Recall Supporters Consider This Non-Endorsement a Victory. Why?
When Chair Nancy Tung announced that the Democratic County Central Committee of San Francisco would not take a position on the recall of District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, recall supporters cheered.
In the lead-up to the vote, a narrative gained traction: if the DCCC opposed the recall, it would signal to west-side Asian American voters that their voices didn’t matter.
While the decision is unlikely to change the outcome of the Sept. 16 special election, political strategists say it signals that this constituency is becoming harder to ignore and demanding a seat at the political table.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
Hepatitis B Deaths in SF Decline but Case Rates Still High, New Report Shows
Chronic infection and deaths from the liver-ravaging hepatitis B virus declined in San Francisco from 2021 to 2023 but local case rates still exceeded the national average, the city Department of Public Health said in its first report on the disease in nearly a decade.