. >> the asian american story is one that needs to be told. we are excited to have dr. ken and his family be part of that. >> check out dr. ken at 8:30 on abc7. >> we have cooler, windier, temperatures on the horizon. >> the woke end is here. sand -- the weekend is here and sandhya patel. >> it is definitely going to get cooler than today. today it warmed up and the winds are going to come in and it will get blustery for your saturday afternoon and evening. live doppler 7hd is showing a patch of cloudiness along the san mateo coast. the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the entire bay area. a live look from our exploratorium camera. good visibility. mostly sunny and cool are tomorrow. gusty winds for your saturday evening with isolated showers and possible early saturday you will see why. the system that came through that brought us the showers and the thunderstorms to contra costa county came in over the ocean. it was tapping into subtropical moisture. that had moisture to work with. it was moving out. the next system is deprived. it is coming from canada. it

. >> the asian american story is one that needs to be told. we are excited to have dr.ken and his family be part of that. >> check out dr. ken at 8:30 on abc7. >> we have cooler, windier, temperatures on the horizon. >> the woke end is here. sand -- the weekend is here and sandhya patel. >> it is definitely going to get cooler than today. today it warmed up and the winds are going to come in and it will get blustery for your saturday afternoon and evening. live doppler 7hd is showing a patch of cloudiness along the san mateo coast. the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the entire bay area. a live look from our exploratorium camera. good visibility. mostly sunny and cool are tomorrow. gusty winds for your saturday evening with isolated showers and possible early saturday you will see why. the system that came through th brought us the showers and the thunderstorms to contra costa county came in over the ocean. it was tapping into subtropical moisture. that had moisture to work with. it was moving out. the next system is deprived. it is coming from canada. it is

attendance praised the new show, sag it's great for young asian americans to see someone they can relate to on television. >> the asian american story is one that needs to be told. we are excited to have dr. ken and his family be part of that. check out dr. ken friday night at 8:30 on abc7. much more i ahead open the abc7 saturday morning news. breaking news from afghanistan. the death toll rises after bombs hit a charity hospital. what the pentagon is now hello! my name is phil zietlow. i work on the cheerios team and it's always bugged me that we couldn't say that, "cheerios are gluten free". you know, cheerios are made from oats which are naturally gluten-free but sometimes grains that contain gluten get mixed in. so we came up with a way to remove them. which means now, cheerios can be enjoyed by everyone! just original cheerios? honey nut cheerios too, buzz. sweet! is anything bugging you now? (laughs) seriously? i'll grab two.ice. get ready to save. love the honey nut cheerios. the safeway stock up sale is on. now with your club card, select general mills cereals are 2 for $4. progresso vegetable classics soup, 10 for $10. and

asian-american community. we're a little low on south asian home movies. we would love to get more of those. we also launched an initiative to gather home movies from the central valley. that was a storiednt from the california humanities. so we're just launching that. we're going to go out there and try to gather home movies from the community over there and hopefully get some programs over there and show them -- show the home movies back to them after they submit them to us. >> we were hoping to show a little bit of lance lu, coordinating producer. he's very good at doing this. like i said, almost every home movie and clips tell stories. and it's really a compelling project. >> that's the best part of it is when they tell stories and put their stories into context. >> thank you for being here. a fascinating project. i hope you get a lot of support. again, if you're interested in making a submission to c.a.m., get details on cammedia.org/memoriestolight. >>> and stay with us. it's time for our artistic cultural performance. polynesian music and dancing live here in our studio next. so don't miss it. >>> and we are back and ready for polynesian dancing. joining me right now is lori rold

story at 8:00 eastern time. >> i'm sure you want to know my opinion about this as an asian american. >> i do. >> i think probablying to reclaim and repurpose a term that has been derogatory against asian americans. i look forward to seeing the story tonight. >> why a school says a coach has to stop praying with players. >> a football game in washington state tonight is going to be about what the coach does after the game. >> he has been told not to lead prayers anymore. >> for nine years running, bremerton high school football coach joe kennedy has been leading his players in post game prayers. when he continued that tradition last friday night, he was violating an order from the district that said, "talks with students may not include religious expression, including prayer." >> i don't want to break the law and i don't want to set a bad example for our kids and i never want to jeopardize the program that we've set up, and the taxpayers end up paying for it if something goes horribly wrong and they get sued. that's not what coaching staffs are supposed to be doing. >> many players and parents say they support hi

in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and refugees who are very valuable part of our social fabric and these videos have received over 35 million views on you tube. i recently moved to san francisco about a year ago because i have heard of the services and the organization here in san francisco called city impact. that serves the marginalized and the low income in the tender loin district of san francisco. and it was star

in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and refugees who are very valuable part of our social fabric and these videos have received over 35 million views on you tube. i recently moved to san francisco about a year ago because i have heard of the services and the organization here in san francisco called city impact. that serves the marginalized and the low income in the tender loin district of san francisco. and it was star

in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and refugees who are very valuable part of our social fabric and these videos have received over 35 million views on you tube. i recently moved to san francisco about a year ago because i have heard of the services and the organization here in san francisco called city impact. that serves the marginalized and the low income in the tender loin district of san francisco. and it was star

in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and refugees who are very valuable part of our social fabric and these videos have received over 35 million views on you tube. i recently moved to san francisco about a year ago because i have heard of the services and the organization here in san francisco called city impact. that serves the marginalized and the low income in the tender loin district of san francisco. and it was star

stories directly. >> hinojosa: but is it still seen kind of in the media that this is... that the chinese, the asian population, is, like, this foreign population, and therefore not american, and therefore... >> i think part of... i will say that chinatown as chinatown gets a surprising amount of coverage, not just in, you know, new york city, but in cities all over the united states, in part because of this exotic factor, for better or for worse. so if there's a crime or there is some kind of movement or there is some kind of building or there's a conflict, in certain kind of things they'll cover pretty well, compared to other immigrant groups, like, let's say, koreans or... korean americans or certain kinds of... like, maybe even south asian americans, i think partially because almost every major city has a chinatown or something thereof, right? and so in sort of the intellectual mind share of any given city, there's always a fascination with chinatown and chinese immigrants. >> hinojosa: you said that part of why you wanted to write this book was because you wanted to understand your own americanness, and you wanted americans, all of us, to understand who we are. >> ri

story of the contributions to the movement. next is dawn, an associate professor of history at san francisco state university. she received an m.a. in asian american studies from ucla and a phd in history from stanford. her research focuses on filipino-american history, historic and cultural preservation, and filipino-american foodways. she's the author of "little manila: the art of making a filipino community in stockton, california," which was awarded an honorable mention for the frederick jackson turner award. she is working on a biography of the labor leader we just saw a film about. dr. mario sifuentes is a professor at the university of california merced who earned his phd in american studies at brown university. he was a generation college first student from a farm working background. his first book, "by forest and by fields," tells the story of mexican immigrant workers in the agricultural and therefore restation- refo industry in the pacific northwest. he teaches courses in food history, labor history, and immigrant history. he's the founder of the oregon history project and is currently curating a museum exhibit on the 10th anniversary o

in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the storiesf the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and refugees who are very valuable part of our social fabric and these videos have received over 35 million views on you tube. i recently moved to san francisco about a year ago because i have heard of the services and the organization here in san francisco called city impact. that serves the marginalized and the low income in the tender loin district of san francisco. and it was start