PHOTOS: Chinatown's First Hungry Ghost Festival Satisfies Attendees With Spirited Fun
Late Saturday afternoon, an excited crowd gathered at Rose Pak Station to watch the inaugural Ghost King Parade. Kicking off Chinatown’s first Hungry Ghost Festival, the procession marched to Portsmouth Square at a dignified pace, punctuated by the solemn beat of drums.
Suspect in Last Week's Chinatown Stabbing Had Known Severe Mental Illness; Stabbed Bakery Owner's Father
The suspect in last week's stabbing in Chinatown, Fook Poy Lai, had a long history of severe mental illness and has been charged with attempted murder. The bakery owner has now come forward to explain that his father was the victim in a 2016 stabbing, too.
The renamed Emperor Norton street sign is now up in Chinatown
The 600 block of Commercial Street is now truly renamed Emperor Norton Place, after City Hall approved the renaming in April, and SFMTA did quick work in getting the sign up last week.
Edge on the Square uses art to highlight Chinatown's diverse history and promote social change
Edge on the Square, a new contemporary gallery and cultural hub located in the heart of Chinatown on the corner of Grant and Clay, wants to show visitors a deeper cultural experience of the neighborhood.
Emperor Norton will get a street named after him in Chinatown
The 600 block of Commercial Street in Chinatown will be renamed “Emperor Norton Place,” in honor of San Francisco’s greatest Victorian-era icon and eccentric, Emperor Joshua Norton.
Mr. Bing’s gets Legacy Business recommendation, along with Love On Haight, the Blue Light, and others
Cheap booze haven Mr. Bing’s was one of seven long-loved local small businesses that got SF Legacy Business recommendations Wednesday from the SF Historical Preservation Committee, along with Love On Haight. The Blue Light, the Hing Lung Company, and others.
The city leaps into the Year of the Rabbit with the annual Chinese New Year Parade
Rain didn’t dampen the new year spirit over the weekend as participants and onlookers alike converged on downtown to celebrate the 2023 Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday night.
SF Chinatown grandmas drop AARP-sponsored Lunar New Year rap video
The Grant Avenue Follies gained national attention in 2021 when they created their first music video — the "Gai Mou Sou (chicken feather duster) Rap" — and now they've partnered with AARP on a new video, "That Lunar Cheer."
Here’s your first look inside the the Central Subway’s Chinatown-Rose Pak Station
It may be four years late, $300 million over budget, and some people are still sore about the name, but a few members of the public were allowed inside the Chinatown-Rose Pak Station for the first time Thursday.
Clarion fundraiser will serve up delicious food and dazzling fashions in Chinatown
Clara Hsu, owner and executive director of the Clarion Performing Arts Center in Chinatown, wears many hats, and on October 8, she'll be helping to host a fundraiser for the arts center that will double as a fashion show for local designers.
PHOTOS: San Francisco's Chinatown celebrates the 32nd annual Autumn Moon Festival
Crowds flocked to the 32nd annual San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival over the weekend, celebrating Asian communities’ long history of respecting the moon's mysteries and powers, including its role in producing bountiful autumn harvests.