Growing up in Ohio as one of the few Asian families locally, my family was always asked how we kept up the kids’ Chinese skills.  Many of them were trying to encourage the same literacy in their kids, though some had also “given up”, speaking Chinese to their kids only to have them speak English back.After I had my own kids and started working on a trilingual environment for my children, I really started to appreciate the challenges of raising a Chinese speaking kid in a non-Chinese environment.   Everything seems to be conspiring against my goal, including:Being multilingual...…Growing up in Ohio as one of the few Asian families locally, my family was always asked how we kept up the kids’ Chinese skills.  Many of them were trying to encourage the same literacy in their kids, though some had also “given up”, speaking Chinese to their kids only to have them speak English back.After I had my own kids and started working on a trilingual environment for my children, I really started to appreciate the challenges of raising a Chinese speaking kid in a non-Chinese environment.   Everything seems to be conspiring against my goal, including:Being multilingual...WW…

A new year, a fresh start!  Approximately 1.4billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, including domestic and overseas Chinese people.  Chinese New Year is a time for large family gatherings and offering blessings for the upcoming year.  While offering lucky blessings, Chinese people around the world often give gifts as a sign of respect.  We will outline some of the most common Chinese New Year gift ideas below. In Chinese tradition, throughout the first days of the new year, it's customary to visit relatives, friends, and neighbors (拜年).   There's...…A new year, a fresh start!  Approximately 1.4billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, including domestic and overseas Chinese people.  Chinese New Year is a time for large family gatherings and offering blessings for the upcoming year.  While offering lucky blessings, Chinese people around the world often give gifts as a sign of respect.  We will outline some of the most common Chinese New Year gift ideas below. In Chinese tradition, throughout the first days of the new year, it's customary to visit relatives, friends, and neighbors (拜年).   There's...WW…

有情知足常樂-Thankful for love-Understanding contentment brings happinessWe live in a world of wants, always reaching for the newest gadget or hoping to dine at the hottest restaurant. It doesn’t help that our phones are buzzing with live streams of friends having the time of their lives traveling or eating a plate of food porn.“知足常樂” comes from a saying from philosopher-Laotze,「禍莫大於不知足，咎莫大於欲得，故知足之足常足矣。」The quote is in literary Chinese, but it roughly translates to: The biggest problem is not understanding satisfaction and always wanting more.  If the attitude is one of...…有情知足常樂-Thankful for love-Understanding contentment brings happinessWe live in a world of wants, always reaching for the newest gadget or hoping to dine at the hottest restaurant. It doesn’t help that our phones are buzzing with live streams of friends having the time of their lives traveling or eating a plate of food porn.“知足常樂” comes from a saying from philosopher-Laotze,「禍莫大於不知足，咎莫大於欲得，故知足之足常足矣。」The quote is in literary Chinese, but it roughly translates to: The biggest problem is not understanding satisfaction and always wanting more.  If the attitude is one of...WW…

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The California Senate advanced on Friday that would allow some hospitality tenants to terminate leases if negotiations with landlords to modify terms aren’t successful during coronavirus.The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-1 to advance SB939, which authorizes lease renegotiations for restaurants, bars, cafes and entertainment businesses who have lost at least 40% of monthly revenue or will be required to reduce capacity by 25% or more when they reopen.State Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, are sponsoring the bill, which they say is an emergency...…The California Senate advanced on Friday that would allow some hospitality tenants to terminate leases if negotiations with landlords to modify terms aren’t successful during coronavirus.The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-1 to advance SB939, which authorizes lease renegotiations for restaurants, bars, cafes and entertainment businesses who have lost at least 40% of monthly revenue or will be required to reduce capacity by 25% or more when they reopen.State Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, are sponsoring the bill, which they say is an emergency...WW…

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to make of hotel rooms permanent beyond the coronavirus pandemic.A 60-day emergency ordinance passed in July established the measures before hotels reopened and was strongly supported by Unite Here Local 2, the union that represents hotel workers. to invalidate the requirements in July.Supervisors and supporters called the measure a way to boost tourist confidence as the city continues reopening, while hotel groups said it would add significant financial burdens and endanger workers by potentially exposing them to guests who...…San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to make of hotel rooms permanent beyond the coronavirus pandemic.A 60-day emergency ordinance passed in July established the measures before hotels reopened and was strongly supported by Unite Here Local 2, the union that represents hotel workers. to invalidate the requirements in July.Supervisors and supporters called the measure a way to boost tourist confidence as the city continues reopening, while hotel groups said it would add significant financial burdens and endanger workers by potentially exposing them to guests who...WW…

San Francisco’s office vacancy rate shot up to 14.1% at the end of September, a height it hasn’t seen since 2011, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to strangle the economy and big employers kept their workforces remote.The city’s vacancy rate, including both standard and sublease listings, was and 5.4% from a year ago, according to brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. The sublease vacancy rate was 7.4%, accounting for the majority of the overall vacancy for the first time, with companies like Credit Karma, Dropbox and listing available space.There were no major leases signed, a sharp...…San Francisco’s office vacancy rate shot up to 14.1% at the end of September, a height it hasn’t seen since 2011, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to strangle the economy and big employers kept their workforces remote.The city’s vacancy rate, including both standard and sublease listings, was and 5.4% from a year ago, according to brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. The sublease vacancy rate was 7.4%, accounting for the majority of the overall vacancy for the first time, with companies like Credit Karma, Dropbox and listing available space.There were no major leases signed, a sharp...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTechCrunch said Thursday it will with event manager Non Plus Ultra after the vendor swept the tents of homeless people and threw out their belongings last week outside of a venue used for the tech website’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco.The sweep occurred shortly after midnight on Sept. 10 outside of the 10 South Van Ness Ave. venue where Disrupt is being filmed without an audience, according to a police report and a Facebook Live recording. The posted last week shows workers putting tents, bikes and other items into a...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTechCrunch said Thursday it will with event manager Non Plus Ultra after the vendor swept the tents of homeless people and threw out their belongings last week outside of a venue used for the tech website’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco.The sweep occurred shortly after midnight on Sept. 10 outside of the 10 South Van Ness Ave. venue where Disrupt is being filmed without an audience, according to a police report and a Facebook Live recording. The posted last week shows workers putting tents, bikes and other items into a...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFor 20 years, Adam Smith, owner of San Francisco newsstand Fog City News, told employees and customers one thing before they left his store at Market and First streets.“You’re going on a highway that is Market Street. Be careful or you’ll be trampled by people,” he would say.No longer. The coronavirus pandemic has turned downtown San Francisco, once bursting with workers and tourists, into a ghost town. A nearly decade-long boom that fueled record low unemployment and the highest average real estate prices in the country has come...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFor 20 years, Adam Smith, owner of San Francisco newsstand Fog City News, told employees and customers one thing before they left his store at Market and First streets.“You’re going on a highway that is Market Street. Be careful or you’ll be trampled by people,” he would say.No longer. The coronavirus pandemic has turned downtown San Francisco, once bursting with workers and tourists, into a ghost town. A nearly decade-long boom that fueled record low unemployment and the highest average real estate prices in the country has come...WW…

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