Category Archives: News on Thai Community
- 29-1-2013
Thai Community Senior Citizen Has Her Say at the Candidates’ Forum for Los Angeles Council District 13
On January 29th 2013, at the Blessed Sacrament Church, 84 year old Pattarin Thongchua delivered a speech to hundreds of people. Among those hundreds, 12 are candidates running for the position of councilmember in Council District 13. On that stage, Pattarin flexed the influence that an individual, a Thai American, can have on their elected Continue Reading
- 13-8-2012
Farmworkers’ Letter to Department of Justice
[fb_button] August 13, 2012 Eric Holder, Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Re: Dismissal of Global Horizons Case Dear Attorney General Holder: We are the Thai farm workers who were victims of labor trafficking in the Global Horizons Manpower Case. It was not easy for us to come Continue Reading
- 13-8-2007
Temple Tradition Bows to Neighbors’ Pressure
August 13, 2007|Deborah Schoch | Times Staff Writer Rumors were sweeping the Los Angeles food blogging world. “Wat Thai Temple — food court closing?” asked the entry on Chowhound.com. “Noooo…. ” another writer moaned minutes later. Ethnic food aficionados are aghast at the prospect of a future without such delicacies as hot green papaya salad, Continue Reading
- 28-10-1999
City Council Designates Area as ‘Thai Town’
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA / A news summary | The Local Review / DEVELOPMENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY October 28, 1999 HOLLYWOOD — The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to designate an area east of Hollywood as “Thai Town,” the first official Thai town in the nation. The designation was proposed by Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg, Continue Reading
- 3-8-1995
Workers Held in Near-Slavery, Officials Say
August 03, 1995|GEORGE WHITE | TIMES STAFF WRITER State and federal agents raided a garment factory in El Monte early Wednesday that allegedly held dozens of Thai immigrants in virtual slavery behind barbed wire for years, forcing them to labor in servitude to supposedly pay off creditors. The pre-dawn raid by a multi-agency team headed Continue Reading
- 19-6-1994
Thai Group Strives for Greater Cohesion
June 19, 1994|JAKE DOHERTY Thai Americans have found a niche in the city’s restaurant business, but a new organization seeks to nourish the Thai community by other means and expand awareness beyond that of culinary fascination. The Thai Community Development Center seeks to highlight the needs of Thai immigrants and channel more resources to the Continue Reading