Claire Wang

Los Angeles

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

writer & dog dad // words: @guardian @nbcnews @nytimes @natgeo @atlasobscura etc.

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‘To not speak out is to be complicit’: LA faith leaders mobilize amid Ice raids

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

Kevin Kang, a pastor at a United Methodist church about 15 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, was furious last Thursday when he heard that the taco stand next door was raided by immigration agents. Not only did US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) target his favorite vendors, he said, they had also used the church parking lot to prepare for a raid on a host of popular Mexican food trucks on Foothill Boulevard, a major street in the city of Tujunga.
Grilled cheese shop offers Minnesotans a second chance after prison

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

All Square, a neon-lit diner in Minneapolis, specializes in grilled cheese sandwiches with a twist. Variations on the menu include Jamaican jerk chicken with guava jam, brown sugar bacon doused in ranch dressing, and Granny Smith apple slices coated in brie and mozzarella. But the sandwich shop offers more than elevated comfort food. All Square, which also operates a food-truck catering service, exclusively hires formerly incarcerated Minnesotans.
Grilled cheese shop offers Minnesotans a second chance after prison

1 week ago | inkl.com | Claire Wang

Employees prepare grilled cheese sandwiches at All Squared in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 15 May 2025. Photograph: Ackerman + Gruber All Square, a neon-lit diner in Minneapolis, specializes in grilled cheese sandwiches with a twist. Variations on the menu include Jamaican jerk chicken with guava jam, brown sugar bacon doused in ranch dressing, and Granny Smith apple slices coated in brie and mozzarella. But the sandwich shop offers more than elevated comfort food.
U.S.-born Asian Americans no longer the healthiest group among older adults

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Claire Wang

For the first time in two decades, older Asian Americans are no longer the healthiest U.S.-born aging racial group with the lowest rates of disability, according to a study published last month in the Journals of Gerontology. The report focused on adults aged 50 and older, and used disability prevalence as an indicator for overall health. The paper shows that while disability rates have decreased among aging adults in every racial group, it's remained unchanged among U.S.-born Asian Americans.
U.S.-born Asian Americans no longer the healthiest group among older adults

2 weeks ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Claire Wang
A Japanese village that helped develop California's fishing industry could become container storage

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Claire Wang

1 hour agoBeautiful views and exciting activities aren't just for the parks. These accommodations also have their own charms. People are exploring National Parks more than ever before. Visitation increased 4% from 2022 to 2023, according to the National Parks Service, with a record 325.5 million visits in the …
A Japanese village that helped develop California's fishing industry could become container storage

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Claire Wang

From the turn of the 20th century to the early 1940s, a human-made island in San Pedro Bay held a flourishing Japanese American fishing village that helped develop Southern California’s mighty seafood industry. On Terminal Island, more than 3,000 first- and second-generation immigrant fishermen from Japan, the issei and nisei, pioneered innovative techniques, like 6-foot bamboo poles and live bait, to catch albacore tuna and sardines.
Full Moon on the Quad returns as a quirky but consensual tradition

1 month ago | stanforddaily.com | Claire Wang

Full Moon on the Quad (FMOTQ), a deep-rooted Stanford tradition, returned to campus Monday night under a full spring moon. Stanford Street Meat served ice cream and fried plantains, with student volunteers handing out food from the stations. The Mendicants, an acapella group, performed three love songs, while two of the Stanford Trees joined the students in the crowd.
‘No one’s buying anything now’: how tariffs are striking a blow to historic Chinatowns

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

On a balmy afternoon last month, Amy Tran unboxed a delivery at Yue Wa Market, a small grocery and herbal medicine shop in Los Angeles’s Chinatown that she opened 17 years ago. The package contained two dozen units of Shou Wu Chih, a Chinese herbal concoction known to rebuild kidney function and promote hair health. The shipment arrived two weeks after the US implemented new tariffs on Chinese imports, so her distributor charged her $115, a $35 markup from her previous order.
Tiger Balm faces tariff aches and pains from Trump’s trade war with China

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Claire Wang

Tiger balm, the popular menthol ointment used by athletes and arthritis patients, has just one U.S. distributor and a single factory in China, making it especially vulnerable to the tariff standoff. A 0.63-ounce hexagonal jar of the amber-colored balm typically sells in the U.S. for about $8. But its sole American distributor, Prince of Peace Enterprises, based in Livermore, California, says retail prices could soon rise asPresident Donald Trump hiked up tariffs on China as high as 145%.