The celebrations for San Francisco's Chinese New Year parade to welcome the year of the snake started off with a bang.

Chinese San Franciscans lived almost exclusively in Chinatown for their first 100 years in The City. But starting in the ...

This year's grand marshal, legendary actress and producer Joan Chen is embracing the role with enthusiasm and a deep ...

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A 20-year-old man named Wong Kim Ark, born and living in San Francisco's Chinatown, was denied reentry into the country after a visit to China on the basis of the Chinese Exclusionary Act.

Chinatown merchants and the community prepare to celebrate Lunar New Year-the most important holiday of the Chinese culture.

I walk around in San Francisco's Chinatown every day," said Winky Toy ... "They were in their 80's, 90's–old ladies, old men–they all came out to vote," she said. "Because the way it is ...

SAN FRANCISCO - An historic Chinese restaurant in San Francisco that first opened its doors 116 years ago may have closed for good. The Sam Wo Restaurant in Chinatown served its first meals at its ...