New Year

CNY burning incense tradition

Mon Feb 11, 2013 By Ricky Chan 陳瀚文 Leave a Comment

Chinese worshippers burn incense at temples to wish good luck for themselves and their loved ones in the new year ahead…

Filed Under: Chinese community, Chinese New Year Tagged With: chinese, Lunar, New Year, Temple, 上香, 廟宇, Chinese New Year

What is a snake like?

Mon Feb 11, 2013 By Sean Au 歐志洲 Leave a Comment

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes…

Filed Under: Peninsula , South Bay, East Bay, San Francisco, Chinese community, Chinese New Year Tagged With: chinese, New Year, snake, 蛇, Chinese New Year

Chef Yan shows how to cook a Chinese New Year dish

Wed Feb 06, 2013 By Michelle Yue 岳欣 Leave a Comment

Renowned chef Martin Yan demonstrates how to cook a special Chinese New Year dish…

Filed Under: Holiday, Chinese community, Chinese New Year Tagged With: Lunar New Year, Martin Yan, New Year, 新年賀年菜, 甄文達, Chinese New Year

Lunar New Year crime prevention

Wed Jan 30, 2013 By Ricky Chan 陳瀚文 Leave a Comment

San Francisco police and city officials warned merchants and residents in Chinatown to not fall victim to scams and other crimes…

Filed Under: San Francisco, Chinese community, Chinese New Year Tagged With: Chinatown, crime prevention, Lunar New Year, New Year, 新年, 舊金山, San Francisco, 華埠, Chinese New Year, 防止罪案

2013 new laws for state drivers

Fri Jan 04, 2013 By Kwokshu Leung 梁國書 Leave a Comment

Texting while driving, red-light cameras and party buses are among the targets of new driving-related laws that took effect in California today…

Filed Under: California Tagged With: new law, New Year, 新年, 新法

One fatal crash, 208 DUI arrests over new year’s weekend

Wed Jan 02, 2013 By Kwokshu Leung 梁國書 Leave a Comment

The California Highway Patrol is reporting that it made the same number of DUI arrests in the Bay Area over the holiday compared to the same period last year while fatal collisions were down…

Filed Under: Local Tagged With: CHP, crash, DUI, New Year, 加州公路巡警，醉駕, 新年

New laws go into effect on New Year’s Day

Wed Jan 02, 2013 By Jessie Liang 梁秋玉 Leave a Comment

Many new laws go into effect on New Year’s day including to increase california sales tax one quarter of one percent, and rise San Francisco’s minimum wage again to $10.55…

Filed Under: California, Local Tagged With: new laws, New Year, parking meter, reusable bag ordinance, sales tax, san francisco minimum wage, 停車計時錶, 可重複使用購物袋, 新年, 新法律, 新法規, 舊金山最低工資, 銷售稅

What is your new year resolution?

Tue Jan 01, 2013 By Hellas Leung 梁慧珊 Leave a Comment

What is your new year reolution…

Filed Under: Local, Chinese community Tagged With: New Year, new year reolution, 新年, 新年大計, 民眾, 灣區

Christmas travel forecast

Tue Dec 18, 2012 By Ricky Chan 陳瀚文 Leave a Comment

AAA predicts an estimated 11.7 million Californians will travel during the end-of-the-year holiday season, representing an overall increase of 1.8 percent compared to 2011…