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2 weeks ago | 
asamnews.com | Maison Tran
By Maison TranThousands of revelers filled Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday as Los Angeles celebrated its 16th annual Thai New Year Songkran Festival in Thai Town, bringing Thai cuisine from numerous vendors, traditional fashion, martial arts, music and dance performances. Songkran, which falls on April 13 every year, is deeply rooted in Buddhist traditions and marks the beginning of the traditional Thai New Year.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
capitalandmain.com | Maison Tran
Working-class tenants trying to stop the demolition of their rent-controlled apartment building say the building owner has agreed to meet with them this month to hear their concerns. The dispute between about 40 tenants in Los Angeles’ Eagle Rock neighborhood and their landlord, who has won approval to build a new affordable housing project at the site, marks a hurdle in the city’s plans to dramatically increase its stock of affordable rentals.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
capitalandmain.com | Maison Tran
Disability advocates are challenging school choice programs, which typically give families a voucher to be applied to private school tuition, speaking out against the potential harm to students with disabilities. Disability advocacy groups played an important part in defeating voucher measures on the ballot in Nebraska, Kentucky and Colorado in November, siding with teachers’ unions and pro-public school education groups.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
lbpost.com | Yvette Cabrera |Maison Tran |Mark Kreidler |Angela Hart
Posted inHealth byMark Kreidler, KFF Health News Jul 26, 2024Jul 26, 2024 State lawmakers are advancing two bills aimed at protecting children from the harms of social media, part of a nationwide wave of efforts to address the issue.
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May 9, 2024 | 
lbpost.com | Maison Tran
Lindsay Smith, left and Sarah Ssentongo, both of Long Beach Freash, go through paperwork after they filled the shelves with fresh fruit and vegetables at a store in West Long Beach, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Still video frame by Thomas R. Cordova. Long Beach Fresh, a nonprofit that brings fruits and vegetables to underserved neighborhoods, is asking the public for help to keep up a new program that stocks corner markets and liquor stores with fresh groceries.
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May 6, 2024 | 
lbpost.com | Maison Tran
A woman walks past the front of the North Long Beach Higher Education Center as city and LBCC officials celebrate its grand opening in Long Beach, Monday, May 6, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. The North Long Beach Higher Education Center opened its doors on Monday, serving as a place for residents to access academic and career resources right in their neighborhood.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
medium.com | Maison Tran
Are sit-stand desks really worth it? It depends. My desk sort of runs my life. It’s where I write, edit photos and videos, find inspiration, fill out my budget and sit in on Zoom meetings of varying degrees of usefulness. And as I’m not much of a coffee shop worker, my desk at home is where I’m most productive. When I moved out of my parents’ place and into my current apartment, I needed a new desk after my little brother inherited my old one.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
medium.com | Maison Tran
I write this amid not working my job as a reporter. It’s a long story which you can read a little bit about here, but the gist of it is like many newsrooms across the country right now, mine was eviscerated by layoffs due to financial troubles. And like many of those newsrooms, both current and unemployed staff members are striking until management meets to negotiate alternatives to cuts. The lore goes a little deeper than that, but basically I’m not working right now.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
lbpost.com | Maison Tran
The front doors of a gym are locked and closed for repairs as the gym's wooden floor has buckled due to recent rains at Silverado Park in Long Beach Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Silverado Park’s gym has remained closed since the end of February for repairs to its wood floor, which has buckled from both leaks in the roof and possible damage to a pipe beneath the floor.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
lbpost.com | Maison Tran
A man walks past plant-based burger shop VBurger in Long Beach on Monday, March 18, 2024. Photo by Maison Tran. Plant-based burger joint VBurger on Retro Row will close its doors mid- to late April, owner Alex Armstrong announced on Instagram Monday morning. “Due to the combination of a rise in prices of all our food service products and the volume of our sales, we are unable to continue operating at this time,” the post read. Armstrong has declined to provide more detail on the closure for now.
