according to the library of congress, the term "asian-pacific" encompasses all of the asian continentl as the pacific islands of melanesia, micronesia, and polynesia. the people and cultures of this region have added significantly to the rich diversity of the bay area. the u.s. census estimates, in 2013, asians and pacific islanders made up 20.8 million residents, or 6.4%. california had the largest population at almost 6.5 million, or more than 16% of the state. abc7's kristen sze is here now with leaders in our bay area's asian-pacific american community. >> thank you, cheryl. let's welcome today's guests. margaret abe-koga is a member of the san francisco regional water quality control board and district director for assembly member evan low. welcome. asha jadeja is highly respected as a venture capitalist, angel investor in more than a hundred silicon valley startups, closely affiliated with stanford university, and an active philanthropist. chris punongbayan is executive director of asian americans advancing justice, asian law caucus. thank you all for being here. now, this is me

we're talking about asian pacific, asian-american pacific islander. what are your most popular programs? >> three programs after school summer programs and mentoring programs. we're serving nearly 400 youth this year. we're serving k through 12 as i mentioned. focus areas are education, leadership. we're helping them think about what they want their goals are, not the pressures that exist, stereotypes that come from them. trying to build activities. they are making decisions about what they want to do. >> what are the ages of the youth that participate and is there a fee for your services your programs? >> there's no fee. we are free. we have programs that are pre-k through 12. we go all the way from young kids to youth helping them get to college. >> janet, you're in college, how has it helped you? >> i'm currently a student at george mason. i've been -- i was part for six years. it has helped me learn to embrace not only my american side about you where i come from my origins of i'm chinese, chinese american specifically. aalead helped me not only a

last night was a beautiful display of creativity with the honorees but also with diversity of asian and pacific islander communities from chun ease people and south east asian and pacific islanders. i want to sauls say the apa heritage foundation did the hard work of pulling together funding from many different source squz want to thank the donors and the committee for the hard work selecting the theme doing the outreach and creating a list of different acing tairfbties and you can find the veryious events going in the city at apasf dot org. i also want to put on your radar and your calders that may 16th is the asian heritage street celebration that will be here in the civic center plaza little saigon. it traveled from japan town and sun set to china town, but found a home near little saigon. with that i want to say it is a diverse number of honorees, but i want to give a opportunity for clodeen chang to come up and make brief remarks >> thank you supervisor mar. thank [inaudible] asian pacific americans in your dist rict [inaudible] look forward to. many youf were at the celebration here last

a recent report showed this a high number of asian pacific islanders in san francisco are struggling make ends meet and the survey that contradicts this so-called model minority stereotype. abc 7 news reporter vic lee was in chinatown with the story. >> 80-year-old lourdes and her husband lorenzo survive on social security. they live in an affordable housing unit in the tenderloin where their disabled son edward and another son who has two kids, making ends meet for this extended family in an expensive city is a tough chore. >> we just spend our money just enough for food, not too much. >> all those findings told us very different story than what people think apis have no need, have high education, have high income. >> reporter: the findings show that asian pacific islanders are the largest minority group affected by poverty, just more than one-third of the 110,000 san franciscans living below that poverty line. what's more revealing is that the number of impoverished apis grew more rapidly than any other racial group, 44% in four years. but what the survey shows is that a third of t

-japan alliance is a cornerstone of our engaging with the asian-pacific region. the president has made a rebound of the asian-pacific region part of his policy. we want to make sure the u.s.-japan alliance is strong and will be a focus of the visit. the visit takes place at the 70th anniversary of the conclusion of world war ii and i think it is a testament to how far our two countries have come, the ability to reconcile, and also develop an appreciation for the wonders of this country and our shared democratic value. this will be over display the next few days. substantively, the leaders will focus on a number of important issues. defense and security cooperations with our alliance. right now, a meeting taken place between our foreign and defense ministers on how to up date our defense guidelines. we welcome japan's increased role in the alliance and really see this as a critical, if not extraordinary, movement with the moving forward of our security partnership. economically, the u.s. and japan are enormous trading partners and are currently negotiating the tra

the asian-pacific american festival included dance, music and other entertainment.e were also fund-raising efforts to help the people of nepal after the earthquake. y is asian-pacific heritage month. >>> from our delaware news bureau another team of volunteers is going to nepal to help out. we've caught up with a couple members of a relief team. they are bringing food water and medical supplies with them. they will treat those in need in two locations in kathmandu. one urban, the other rural. >>> beame beachchgoers are urged to use caution as tropical storm ana heads towards the carolinas. a lot of people were on wrightsville beach, but most are staying out of the water. the storm is expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow morning. >>> now your first alert weather with brittany shipp. >> and we'll be talking about how tropical storm ana is going to affect us. and into next week. but as far as tomorrow goes we are going to see a foggy start. we're already seeing foggy conditions closer to the shore. mother's day is going to be a warm one, a little muggy as well.

colleagues, in three days we'll be may which is the heritage month or asian pacific heritage month. the heritage month celebration committee for the cityside celebration at city hall this coming monday may 4th at 6:00 p.m. thank you president breed for accommodating the heritage committee. i really look forward to not only the monday event, which is free and open to everyone but also as we honor different leaders from our community that have contributed for decades and generations to make asian pacific american communities a great place. for more information go to w ww.apasf.org. i wanted to thank supervisor farrell for the introduction on the studies on the private shuttles. i want to also request to cosponsor an ordinance by supervisor weiner to create a new task force on marijuana locally. i wanted to thank supervisor campos for many years of work with community members for their work too. i wanted to thank supervisor weiner for bringing together as many forces as possible to look at that issue. also i wanted to alert people one of the big events coming on saturday has been cospo

i see that all the member thofz community are here and i want to bring up our district 6 asian pacific american heritage month honoree tim [inaudible] and the community is wem come to come up with him. we would love to see the young people come up to stand with tim because wree honoring him in many ways for what he has done for the young people and families. so, many people in the room anyhow who tim is, but for those that don't know tim he is the facilities directors nob nub [inaudible] nob at the heart of the south of market is surrounded by the hustle and bustle of 6th street. the families attending [inaudible] the only multiuse park [inaudible] across the street named after the first filipino american to win a gold metal in the country a san francisco. across the street i see tim opening or closing the center for community events, meetings, basical ball game squz a temporary shepter for peep ople that are displaced by fires or the famous storm ageten. tim was raised in san francisco and a product of san francisco public schools. tim is also a long time and dedicated working mpt he

update today so the data is hundred 70 thousand seniors as you can see the seniors are prominently asian pacific islander and white senior populations is expected to grow by 3 thousand every year at that decade focusing on low income seniors we see that asian pacific islanders are over represented so seniors 64 and offer living below the threshold are 43 percent closer to 43 percent of the general population the upcoming fiscal year there's more daily in the servicing plans that was included in the area update so i'll do a high delivery for the nutrition education service will increase it is due to client need and increased local funding service for meals have decreases due to the focus on home delivered meals and the cost per meal has increased. for the emergency home care and information and assistance and the elderly abuse prospective it remains the same and the increase for transportation is due to change in the benchmarks that are sit down by itself state and increased cost per unit last thing before i i am sorry to is her run the hostilities of the angling and disability workshop is contin

illness in the families like mine that we need community helths services rchlt we are approaching asian pacific [inaudible] celebrating on monthers day. i want say little about the sue stds occurred at washington high school. in the richmond district we lost 2 washington high school community members to suicide in april. i have known of different incident on the school board for 8 years, but they were usually concentrated at some of the other high schools so to have 2 in one month is a serious concern. out of respect for the privacy of infamlies i won't devulg details until they are public for the families, but did say it is a serious concern. for student the need for wellness is critical especially at high school. as a father of the high school student i know the stresses at high school or college prep can put on young people and without the community based services it makes it challenging especially for working class and immigrant families. i know one of the suicide victims was a asian marijuana and the other was a 18 year old that transferred out of washington high school. i know washington

honet center and they led a effort not only in san francisco but around the state to acknowledge asian pacific american mental hemth day so may 10 from 1-4 at the richmond district center will celebrate the work of [inaudible] and also the richmond district neighborhood center that partner to have a human safety net where we have great mental hent in the neighborhoods. please join us for the family wellness fair promoting wellness. there were be activities, arts and crafts, games, yoga and family photoexhibit and also celebrate the work of so many mental melth agencies and schools and community centers. if you want more information you can go to the website www.rams inc.org. lastly hopefully the tragic suicide at washington high school will raise awareness to promote stronger mental health wellness every day of the year. the rest i ubschmit >> sfr visor tang >> thank you very much. today i'm introducing as a cosponsor along with the mayors office and supervisor wiener a package of legislation having to do with muni and how we improve public transportation system. the first is that we are going

i'm kristen zse with a special edition, talking with leaders in the bay area's asian-pacific americancommunity. now, i want to focus a little bit on the engagement and connectedness in this final segment. for a long time, asian-americans had been seen as keeping to themselves, you know, putting their heads down and doing hard work, but not really connecting to the society at large or other groups. to what extent do you think that has evolved, really, in government, maybe, in networking, in our philanthropic or nonprofit ventures? asha, how about we start with you? >> sure. i think it has evolved significantly over the last 20 years that i've seen this population. and by asian-american, i mean pretty much all the nationalities that we can think of right now. i feel that one of the largest, one of the sort of the most significant forces in our lifetime, of course, has been the internet, which has been a unifying force -- right? -- which sort of shows us role models of how other asians, like yourself -- or even for an immigrant -- like yourself might have achieved some level of visibilit

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because it's the first day of may because it's asian pacific heritage month. the more you know. back to you. >> thanks mike. >>> it's may 1, believe it or not. according to consumer reports it's a good month to find discounts. >> mattresses at some of their lowest prices this month. especially around memorial day. i never knew why. retailers moving out inventory to make way for new models. athletic apparel and outdoor gear. >> that's confusing. new models of mattresses. >> they just change the name. >> i think so. be right back. >>> you don't see this every day. deputies in pinellas county, florida helped wrangle a three-legged alligator. >> still ten-foot long. discovered on the side of the road yesterday morning. is that duct tape? they say it lost its legs due to a previous injury. they will take it to a farm where it will live out its days being a gator. didn't go willingly. three-legged gator up the ramp. >> i could beat that gator with one arm tied behind my back. >>> thanks for joining us. our next newscast is tonight at 5:00. >> have a terrific weekend. we'll see you mon

foreman he represents not only himself but a delegation of other african-american and asian pacific islander and hispanic contracts that are all over in the bay area they're great contractor and certainly they should be participating in some of those mega projects at hunters point shipyard itself sick thing thank you, commissioner for enlisting my church to help with the marketing and outreach i'd like to could that and i think i could be that value my church is at ground zero do grandmothers outreaching going doibd and letting people know what is going on with the different sections come up to provide affordable housing thirds item i have is regarding any church which is in the bay area arrest more more than 60 years before they started with the building former executive director fred booking well started doing helping us overcome some the problems outs there we were severely impacted too the development came through and literally put us in the hole they built the street around us and promised to elevate the church they made a lot of promises and didn't do anything fred helped us with safet

. >> in honor of asian pacific american heritage month.nizations making a difference where you live. today, we recognize san francisco's street workshop. the oldest asian pacific american multidisciplinary arts organization in the united states. >> that's right. this is a photo of a fashion workshop. the organization held. if you would look to know more. we have information on the abc 7 >>> construction on the new control tower at san francisco international airport is complete. this is an exclusive look of the view inside the tower. it was shot by the blog travel skills construction of the tower cost $120 million. the faa will spend next year installing air traffic control systems. the sfo tower should be operational by next summer. >> riding a bicycle along one of san francisco's popular routes is safer. abc 7 news was at oak street near the panhandle. city officials marked the completion of bicycle lane improvements along a three block stretch there. the upgrade include bike lanes, separated from car traffic and wider sidewalks. in the

annual national asian heritage festival, sponsored by the asian heritage foundation, celebrating asian pacific american heritage month. visitors watched cooking and martial arts demonstrations craft exhibits featuring balloon artists. there was a time that show and plenty of celebrations, continuing another hour or so. several streets in the district are closed for the asian heritage festival. if you are headed out you want to avoid constitution avenue between third and sixth streets as well as pennsylvania avenue between third and sixth streets. expect the closures to last until about 10:00 tonight. track work is causing delays on metro this weekend. red line trains are running every 24 minutes, orange silver, and blue trains every 18 minutes. yellow line trains are running every 20 minutes between huntington and mount vernon square. riders heading north should take the green line instead. those trains are running every 20 minutes. coming up -- it will cost more to park on the street in arlington beginning labor day. the board raise the parking meter rate by $.25 per hour, the change going in

35 years in the making and our transition from refugees to americans, it will air in may during asian-pacific heritage month. we hope you will join us to watch the entire series and i think this is a journey that so many of us in sillicon valley to share. and we had an opportunity to go back to the wear family our sponsors and thank them. >> people share a similar story, no matter where you come from and to have that bond and connection is just beautiful, vicki. >> thank you soy much and it was nice to see your parents in a different light. because we all know our parents as our mom and dad and not the individuals that they were to have the courage to provide a better life for me. and saying we want her to grow up in a country where you can get an education and freedom. >> and a perm at 3. >> you made us smile. thank you, vicki. how you doing, jeff? >>> good. great story, vicki. very, very hot. i don't know how you couldn't feel it but we got up to 95 in napa. and in the mission district in san francisco, an unbelievable 90 degrees. and last thing we need is this temperature with our drought.

. >>> in honor of asian pacific heritage month we're using our instagram feed to recognize icons. today, we highlight the mendocino chinese house in california north of san francisco and south of the oregon border. josh houses a small temples used for prayers celebrations, marriages and community activities. we have more information on our instagram feed. >>> we have francis in with weather tonight. always a treat and it's holiday weekend, so what can people expect tomorrow? >> still cooler than normal. you were noticing the windy and cloudy conditions. we're going get a chance of drizzle overnight. live doppler showing us quiet conditions rig now. we did have some lightning activity in the sierra near tahoe, and it's still gusty in fairfield. winds gusting up to 36 miles per hour. you notice how they funnel in thugh the golden gate bridge and right through the y, as well. that's what kept things cool around the coast and the bay. current temperatus right now mainly in the 50s. san francisco is . oakland 54. san jose 56. morgan hill 57 degrees. you see the lo clouds right now over

. >>> in honor of asian pacific american heritage month, we are using our feed to highlight events where you live. we have a celebration of indian culture, including a traditional indian marriage ceremony dancing and cuisine, hunting beach will be packed this memorial day weekend, though may decide to stay out of the water. police have spotted more than a dozen great white sharks in the water near the popular sunset beach. there's signs posted to warn swimmers and surfers, seven of the great whites were tagged. a sharks have not been aggressive. they are young and mainly feeds on stingrays. warm water has increased the amount of prey drawing the sharks. last year there were six unprovoked shark attacks in the area. >>> the beach devastated by an oil spill will remain closed and likely will not reopen until sometime in june. 105,000 gallons of oil poured out and a fifth of that reached the ocean. the pipeline did not have an automatic shut off valve. its owner argued that the pipeline did not need to follow county guidelines because it was part of a interstate network. a number of fish an

. >>> in honor of asian-pacific heritage month we're using the abc 7 news instagram feed to highlightifference where you live. we recognize san francisco's street work shop, the oldest asian-pacific disciplinary arts organization in the united states. here's a photo of a fashion work shop the organization held. we have more info for you on our abc 7 news bay area instagram feed. >>> crews in utah helped rescue a horse stuck in an eight-foot hole. neighbors with heavy duty machinery helped distract the hoist and hoist it carefully out of the hole monday. it appears the hole opened up during a rainstorm. brutus was unharmed after safely being removed from that hole. >>> three whales have washed up on the san mateo coast recently. the latest yesterday was a gray whale in half moon bay and enough to raise concerns and had some people asking what is going on? >> wayne freedman took on that question and joins them live from the headwinds. >> it is an interesting question and they've kept records on this for 40 years. and in 40 years these would be the 19th, the 20th and the 21st whales to w

the sparky >>> in honor of asian pacific heritage month, we're using our instagram feed to highlight the interesting places where you live. today we recognized the japanese-american museum in san jose which features exhibits of japanese-american history. we have more on our abc 7 news bay area instagram feed. >>> the state assembly is set to vote tomorrow on a ban of plastic microbeads, that you find in your season, toothpaste and other personal care products. they're so small they're not captured by wastewater filters. they say they attract environmental toxins and eaten by fish and other animals that mistake them for food. if assembly members approve the ban, it would move into the senate. and if signed by the governor it would go into effect in 2020. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma with an assignment that takes him away from his usual weather duties. >> reporter: you've got to get up at 6:00 a.m. and start your day dancing! woo! >> hundreds of people, including drew tuma are partying before they go to work. that is tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00,

steph >>> in honor of asian pacific american heritage month, we're using our nbc 7 news instagram feed you live. stop by chinatown this weekend, the largest chinatown outside of asia as well as the oldest in north america. we have more information on the cultural significance of san francisco's chinatown on our abc 7 news bay area instagram feed. >>> wildlife emergency services rescued an oil coming off this building in santa clara this week. it flew in overnight when the workers were installing carpet. they got it out of a space in the ceiling. they released it into a tree. it sat there for a while but flew right back toward the building. the rescue crew was worried until they watched the owl fly into a nest or roof tucked up under the roof overhang. >>> northern california beachgoers were told to be careful today because of rip currents and large waves near the shoreline. the national weather service issued a beach hazard warning in santa cruz and stinson beach this morning. still active tonight. drew, yes? yes mark? >> the ocean current is pretty active with the rip currents. not th

pitting her against president obama and his efforts to negotiate regional trade deals with asian-pacificions. senator warren spoke with peter cook earlier today from capital. presidents, democrat and republican, for more than 20 years on every deal have spent the same thing. this is going to be a great deal for american workers, this is going to be a trade deal and it will work for american families. and yet, both kinds of presidents have then turned around and refused to enforce the very provisions in the trade deals they said were going to be so great. the consequence of that is american workers just one punch after another right to the gut. so the president says, senator warren i hear you, but this deal will be different. he has called you a politician like everybody else and your arguments don't stand testing of scrutiny. has the president cross the line in criticism of you? sen. warren: for me this is all about the facts and what is best for this country. i'm out here trying to fight over these very specific he said -- pieces. we talk about transparency. there has not been enforceme

last night was a beautiful display of creativity with the honorees but also with diversity of asian and pacific islander communities from chun ease people and south east asian and pacific islanders. i want to sauls say the apa heritage foundation did the hard work of pulling together funding from many different source squz want to thank the donors and the committee for the hard work selecting the theme doing the outreach and creating a list of different acing tairfbties and you can find the veryious events going in the city

din s contributes contributions and dedication to san francisco asian pacific american community has been exceptional and it is people like dins that show our next generation how vitetle is to be vaurfbed and give back to the community. in fact, he isn't done yet. more recently dins spressed to me other ideas he is going pursue and how asian americans can give back to our society. dins has been honored from diverse groups more recently 2014 dins was haun rbed at the chinese culture gal adinner with 2014 life time achievement in community building. he was also rigged as cfof othe year for community services in 2007 by the san francisco business times. dins is a true honor to honor you today. this is dins [inaudible] >> thank you norman and borebd of supervisors. i was quite shocked and surprised when norman called me and told me he wanted to honor me because as norman mentioned i immigrated at 16 years old. china was in a civil war. i was born in the philippines. i was a 60 -16 year old child without a country and grateful when i landed on the shores of san francisco and i promised my

. >>> in honor of asian pacific american heritage month we're using our abc 7 news instagram feed to highlight the people who are making a difference where you live. we are recognizing this mother of three, beautiful kids. she says she feels blessed not only for her children but also for her own mother. more information on our instagram feed. >>> coming up next on abc 7 news at 9:00, these women are homeless. but certainly not forgotten on this mother's day. and a look at your monday morning forecast. drew tuma is up next. >>> in sports, the warriors are trying to regroup in memphis but they just lost a big man. >>> and ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da...♪ sorry brenda. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source. da da da. ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da...♪ sorry brenda. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source. da da da. >>> covering cupertino, concord wine country, and all the bay area this is abc 7 news. >>> on this mother's day, some bay area moms were treated like queens. ♪ abc 7 news was at the hamilton family center in san fr

and we value your support thank you for coming today i'd like to introduce our chancellor arthur asian pacific islander our (clapping.) thank you janice is truly is a privilege for me to be here to welcome back in the the first time and certainly many, many times she's been here leader pelosi but before i have her come up i'd like to say thank you to all of you that have helped the institution there it's 80 years of support to the economy and people of the families of this great city you know as we start enrollment today for the summer i'm very happy to announce the spring semester was the turning point of the institution the first time in 3 years we've eclipsed the enrollment numbers and on our way back (clapping) you know it's my privilege as the chancellor to stand here and tell you this institution was here not only for the students but for the community we've served like as talked about did hospitality industry this this wonderful culinary arts served we have over 3 thousand courses we provide almost on a daily basis to students who want to do better who want to live a dream we create dre

in other markets in the asian/pacific region hong kong 0.58% following losses. kosumi gained 0.8%. posted it's biggest one day gain in nearly three weeks. indonesia ended up by a tenth of a percent hitting a two week high. executives at japanese electronics maker sharp have backed down from a plan to radically reduce its capital. officials at the struggling company decided to change course. they will book their first loss in two years. sharp officials were thinking of slashing it's $1 billion capital to $835,000 or less as part of a restructuring move. the cut would have turned sharp into a small or medium size company for tax purposes. firms in that bracket are subject to lower tax rates opinion they changed their mind after the minister made a comment. he said as a means of corporate rehabilitation the plan gives him a sense of discomfort. sharp executives are thinking about reducing its capital by a much smaller margin to about $4 million. they will announce medium term management plan on thursday and that's expected to include the capital reduction measure and other stream lini

. >> hi everyone and welcome to our special visions 2015, a celebration of asian american and pacific islander heritage month. we are at the shofuso japanese house in fairmount park and the gardens here are in full glorious bloom. we'll show you around in a few minutes. but first the region is getting ready for the pope's visit in september and people from around the world will be coming here to see the pontiff. but perhaps no place will be better represented than vietnam. a country where catholic faith is fervent. >> we are so excited its happen here in philadelphia to welcome the vietnamese catholics from all over the world to come here in september. >> monsignor joseph trinh has been pastor of st helena's parish in northeast philadelphia for 13 years. it is a church represented by many flags but they are one of only 7 churches in the archdiocese of philadelphia that has a weekly mass in vietnamese. >> we do a lot of singing or chanting the whole family attendance. this is 3 generations you can see sitting together. the children the parents and the grandparents. >> father trinh is e

it's the history of our community as we celebrate asian-pacific heritage month.nt through angel island parents left kids and family behind to work on the railroads with the irish, irish too, and it's just been a tough life for our families but the other side of it is that we love our kids so much we're willing -- >> to do whatever it takes. >> whatever it takes yeah. >> let's wrap it up in 30 seconds that we have getting back to the segment we have. what role do grandparents and uncles play in immigrant families in the bay area? >> yeah. that's a great question because even in my own family i was raised with my grandmother and she, you know supported us with doing some of the child care, but she also worked, and so i think with families that are able to have extended family to help with the household duties including child care, that can be life checking. >> for you, it was reality. thank you, both, for joining us today. >> grandparents take care of all kids. >> on that note, thank you, both. >> thank you. >> that's all for our show and thank you for joining us.

. >>> may is asian pacific american her tan month. >> a chance for everyone to learn about the diverseultures. let's take a look right now at someone who knows about that. nbc bay area's own janelle wang. kinging off this month's special occasion. this took place in san francisco. also a day to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the growing up asian in america program. this is the largest program in the country. that encourages asian youth to share their stories. >> really cool. >>> well google is going straight to the source to ensure more diverse workplace. google software engineers are teaching at a handful of historically black colleges such as howard university. the google and residence professors are already making an impact. 30 students have been accepted as interns this summer. plus one senior will start at the company full time once he graduates. a senior already working at google. >> you're excited about that. >> it's a nice gig. >> that's cool. >> yeah. >>> let's check in with fallon smith joining us from comcast sports net. we already know that the warriors are going to swee

month because the truth is america the beautiful is a more beautiful america because of asian americans and pacific islanders. one such beautiful american was wong kim ark. wong kim arc -- ark, was in the united states and born here and in 1894 he decided that he would travel to china. upon returning from china in 1895 he was denied entrance into the united states. wong kim ark. he was denied interest into the once because of the chinese exclusion act. this act was one that was passed to prevent chinese americans from having ingress and egress into this country. if you are not a citizen of

. >> in other news may is asian pacific american heritage month. >> this is the chance to learn aboutures and there's our anchor kicking off this special occasion. this took place in san francisco. also a big day to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the growing up asian in america program. this is the largest program in the country that encourages asian youth to share their story. >> way to go everyone there. >> coming up next we are following up on that earthquake that happened earlier today in concord. >> plus putting a stop to pedestrians getting hit by a cal train. a new system that would send an alert if someone is on the tracks. cks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody get