Floats under construction for San Francisco's Lunar New Year celebration
As we enter the year of the rabbit, a crew of artists are hard at work making sure the parade is a dizzying display for the eyes. KTVU can now take everyone behind the scenes at the final preparations for the Lunar New Year festival and parade.
Lunar New Year celebration gets underway in San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco is celebrating the 'Year of the Rabbit' at City Hall Monday. Officials gathered as traditional Chinese music plays.
San Francisco rolls out new plan to combat hate crimes
San Francisco leaders rolled out a city-wide response to racist attacks. The city says it has plans to streamline the response to hate crimes and make sure victims get the help they need.
San Francisco’s Chinatown sends strength to victims of Southern California mass shooting
San Francisco's Chinatown celebrated Lunar New Year while also offering prayers and condolences for the lives lost in a mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday.
Lunar New Year shooting: How authorities found the suspected gunman
Authorities said 72-year-old Huu Can Tran died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
SF Chinatown prepares to celebrate the year of the rabbit — a time for hope
The sound of firecrackers will be heard in Chinatowns on both sides of the bay this weekend. Chinese New Year falls on Sunday. And the preparations for celebrations are in full swing. This important cultural holiday is focused on family , food and good fortune.
San Francisco celebrates Year of the Rabbit with artist sculptures
The Lunar New Year begins on Sunday and San Francisco is celebrating the Year of the Rabbit with a new tradition that was started during the pandemic.
San Francisco prepares for Lunar New Year celebrations
San Francisco city officials are preparing for Lunar New Year celebrations. But officials are warning the Chinatown community to be on alert for criminals looking to target celebrants.
5K, 10K race wraps up Lunar New Year celebrations in San Francisco
The 44th annual Lunar New Year Run and Festival happened Sunday morning in the heart of Chinatown.
Chinese New Year Parade 2022
Thousands of spectators filled the streets of San Francisco to celebrate the 2022 Chinese New Year parade. Check out the festivities for the year of the tiger that showed the return of popular traditions and the introduction of some new surprises.
Looking back with Ben Fong-Torres
The rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres talks to KTVU about his early days with Rolling Stone magazine, his connection to the Chinese New Year Parade and growing up in the Bay Area.
San Francisco's Chinatown history reveals struggle and strength
The vibrancy and significance of today's Chinatown are the result of decades of strife and resiliency. KTVU's Greg Lee reports about the neighborhood's triumphs and travails.
Chinese Hospital founded in San Francisco due to discrimination
San Francisco's only independent hospital, the Chinese Hos[ital, started more than 120 years ago as a way to address discrimination in healthcare is expanding.
Chinese Hospital, created due to discrimination, faces similar challenges today
San Francisco's only independent hospital, the Chinese Hos[ital, that started more than 120 years ago as a way to address discrimination in healthcare is expanding. KTVU's Henry Lee reports on how the medical center is thriving.
San Francisco showing signs of economic recovery
The impact the pandemic had on San Francisco's economy is well documented, but there are signs that things may be turning around.
Tech worker and former Miss SF Chinatown takes over family business
Chelsea Hung is the owner of Washington Bakery and Restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown, a business started by her mother almost three decades ago. The former Miss San Francisco Chinatown had moved to New York City and was working in tech. Then an unexpected life change came in 2018.
SF Chinese New Year celebrations continue with street fair
Chinese New Year celebrations continued Sunday in San Francisco. Many who gathered were relieved to experience some 'normalcy' again.
Chinese New Year dragon named after Jasper Wu, boy killed by stray bullet on Oakland freeway
The West Coast Lion Dance Troupe has named one of their dragons after Jasper Wu, the boy killed in a recent senseless tragedy. KTVU's Amber Lee talked with the founders and dancers of the group, who performed at the Chinese New Year parade Saturday.
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade 2022 roars back in style
The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is the largest celebration of its kind in the world, organizers say, with thousands of fans who lined up along Market Street Saturday night to witness dancers, tigers and floats ring in the lunar new year.
Thousands line San Francisco streets as Chinese New Year Parade returns
Spectators lined the streets of San Francisco on Saturday evening to take in a beloved city tradition, the annual Chinese New Year Parade. Last year’s parade was scrapped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.