
Ko Lyn Cheang
AAPI Communities Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Reporter at @sfchronicle covering AAPI communities. Past: @indystar @newhavenindy, @yaledailynews. 📬[email protected]
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1 week ago |
modbee.com | Ko Lyn Cheang
When Liana Szeto first stepped into the aging brick building in San Francisco that would become the nation's first Chinese immersion public school, it looked "like a prison." But the first-time principal had a vision for what the building in the Golden Gate Heights neighborhood could become: a home for the roughly 175 families who'd entrusted her with an unprecedented task. In the three decades since then, Alice Fong Yu Alternative School has grown to about 600 students.
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Ko Lyn Cheang
Alice Fong Yu Alternative School's founding principal Liana Szeto laughs with former students at her retirement party on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Minh Connors/For the S.F. ChronicleThe Alice Fong Yu Alternative School on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Minh Connors/For the S.F. ChronicleTeachers perform a song for founding principal Liana Szeto during her retirement party at Alice Fong Yu Alternative School on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
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sfchronicle.com | Rachel Swan |Harsha Devulapalli |Ko Lyn Cheang |Stephanie Zhu
On its face, the trade-off seemed simple. Close an iconic San Francisco road to create an oceanside park. Convert two miles of automobile thoroughfare into space for adults to jog and children to wobble on bicycles. But opposition to the idea began simmering long before voters approved the permanent shutdown of Upper Great Highway last November. Skeptics feared the displaced traffic would clog adjacent streets, making it difficult to take kids to school or elderly family members to appointments.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Aldo Toledo |Ko Lyn Cheang
Two Palestinian visitors were detained by federal officials at San Francisco International Airport after arriving to speak at several interfaith events. Stephen Lam/The ChronicleTwo Palestinian visitors expected to participate in a Bay Area interfaith speaking series were detained at the San Francisco International Airport Wednesday, despite having valid visitor visas, and are being denied entry into the U.S., advocates told the Chronicle.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Ko Lyn Cheang
Graduating high school seniors Caryn Dea, left, and Keira Lacayo celebrate during a graduation ceremony for participants in the Upward Bound college counseling program organized by nonprofit Japanese Community Youth Council at the University of San Francisco on June 6.
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