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Asian Pacific America: Kelly Yang shares what inspired her New York Times Bestselling novel, “Front Desk.”

Asian Pacific America: Menuhin Competition finalist Shannon Ma performs at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Asian Pacific America: The Annual Growing Up Asian in America Art, Video, and Essay Contest is open for submissions. Deadline is April 2.

Asian Pacific America: Chef Reina offers her vegan take on classic Filipino dishes at www.chefreina.com

Asian Pacific America: The initiative has raised over $100,000 for Filipinx businesses while providing free meals for frontline healthcare workers and communities in need.

Asian Pacific America: To get involved in the FANS study, visit: https://fansstudy.ucsf.edu/ or call 833-326-7883

Asian Pacific America: Jenn Yee shows us how she supports small businesses in Chinatown while getting ready for Lunar New Year festivities.

Asian Pacific America: Jenn Yee shows us how to make a staple dish of any Lunar New Year feast.

Asian Pacific America: UCSF’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong is one of the Bay Area’s most familiar faces during the pandemic.

Asian Pacific America: Jean Mitoma turned 100 years old on New Year’s Day 2021.

Asian Pacific America: The Wish Program grants the wishes of children facing a critical illness.

Asian Pacific America: A Bay Area teen found a unique way to pay it forward when Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area offered to grant her a wish.

Asian Pacific America: Rising With the Tides Storytelling Project Grant Recipient, Jocelyn Tabancay Duffy, talks about the inspiration for her digital story: “Bayanihan and Resilience: Surviving the Pandemic.”

Penny Baldado, a nonbinary, Filipino immigrant and the proud owner of Café Gabriela, finds ways to keep their Oakland business open and prioritize communities in need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asian Pacific America: The suburban town of Fremont, California, has recently found itself in the center of Black Lives Matter protests, art collectives and local elections. This “Rising With the Tides” story by grant winner and filmmaker Kitty Hu follows four young people who are challenging the town’s normalized complacency by calling for social change in their communities.

Asian Pacific America: The Asian American Journalists Association-SF Bay Area Chapter and Comcast California launched the Rising With the Tides Storytelling Project aimed at amplifying AAPI stories and voices.

Asian Pacific America: Japantown Task Force Co-Chair Jon Osaki updates us on the bond measure that would make the proposed redesign of the Japantown Peace Plaza possible if passed by San Francisco voters in November.

Asian Pacific America: Hong Thach tells us what the Oakland Education Fund is doing to support students and educators during the pandemic, from providing students with the technology to learn at home to awarding teachers grants and resources for distance teaching.

Asian Pacific America: “RISE,” the new single from Tarsier Records brings a cross-cultural message of hope and a call to rise above the tides of today. The song was co-written by BTS’s “Black Swan” composer, Vince Nantes and Manila-based producer Moophs. “RISE” is available on all streaming platforms.

Asian Pacific America: Neel Fulton and his teammates on the Track & Field team thought of a fun and safe way to raise funds and awareness for Clear the Shelters and Pets In Need.