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This image released by ABC shows co-host Whoopi Goldberg on the set of the daytime talk series "The View." Goldberg’s colleagues on the ”The View'' had virtually nothing to say Wednesday about her two-week suspension for her comments earlier this week on Jews and the Holocaust. At the top of the ABC talk show, co-host Joy Behar noted Goldberg’s absence and said simply with a tiny head tilt, “OK,” before moving on to other topics (Jenny Anderson/ABC via AP)

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Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?
By JANIE HAR - Associated Press
Fri,02/04/22-1:09PM , 480 Reads
ABC’s decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criticism that its response derailed a teachable moment for the nation about a sensitive topic often misunderstood and seldom discussed on air.
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Hundreds of people hold a rally Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in San Francisco and five other U.S. cities to remember the death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. The grandfather from Thailand was assaulted while on a morning walk a year ago in his San Francisco neighborhood and died two days later, never regaining consciousness. (AP Photo/Janie Har)

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US cities mark 1st anniversary of Thai grandfather's killing
By JANIE HAR - Associated Press
Sun,01/30/22-10:18AM , 579 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On their final night together, father and daughter watched the news and traded goodnight kisses on the cheek. The next morning, Vicha Ratanapakdee was assaulted while on a walk in San Francisco and died, becoming yet another Asian victim of violence in America.
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Mohammad Attaie and his wife Deena, newly arrived from Afghanistan, look over ornaments on a Christmas Tree at the Valley Health Center TB/Refugee Program in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 9, 2021. The staff of Silicon Valley's decades-old refugee health clinic may not all speak the language of the Afghan refugees starting new lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. But they know the anxiety and stress of newcomers who fled war and chaos to end up in a country where they don't speak the language and everything is different. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Immigrants welcome Afghan refugees, inspired by own journeys
By JANIE HAR - Associated Press
Mon,12/27/21-10:39PM , 217 Reads
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tram Pham tears up recalling how tough life was at first in the U.S. But she also remembers the joy she felt as a 22-year-old refugee from Vietnam when a nurse spoke to her in her native language and guided her through a medical screening required of new arrivals.
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FILE - People sleep near discarded clothing and used needles on a street in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, on July 25, 2019. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved an emergency order the mayor wants to tackle an opioid epidemic in its troubled Tenderloin district. (AP Photo/Janie Har, File)

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San Francisco board OKs mayor's emergency order over opioids
By JANIE HAR - Associated Press
Fri,12/24/21-11:13AM , 250 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Board of Supervisors approved an emergency order to tackle the opioid epidemic in San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin neighborhood, despite reservations by some that the declaration will be used by the mayor to criminalize people who are homeless, addicted to drugs or both.
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