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San Francisco’s first Chinese-
American police officer dies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
—
Herb
Lee,
San
Francisco’s first Chinese-
American police officer, has
died. He was 84 years old.
The
San
Francisco
Chronicle reported that
Lee died November 1 of
colon cancer.
Lee joined the police
force in 1957 and spent his
first
years
working
undercover in Chinatown.
He investigated gangs
and later worked in the
juvenile and narcotics
divisions. He was promoted
to sergeant and became
executive director of the
Police Activities League,
overseeing athletic and
enrichment programs for
poor children.
His son, John, who’s also
a police officer, says his
father tried to steer youth
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Talk about vintage:
Pottery shards show
8,000-year-old wine
By Malcolm Ritter
AP Science Writer
SAN FRANCISCO FIRST.
Herb Lee, San Francisco’s first
Chinese-American police officer,
is seen in this undated photo re-
leased by the San Francisco Police
Department. Lee, who joined the
police force in 1957, spent his first
years working undercover in Chi-
natown and retired in 1987. He
died November 1, 2017 of colon
cancer. (San Francisco Police
Department via AP)
away from crime and often
took them out fishing
aboard his 25-foot boat, the
Ah Choo.
Lee retired from the force
in 1987.
Police chief Bill Scott
called Lee “a true pioneer”
and a beloved mentor and
colleague.
November 20, 2017
Asian-American political candidates
targeted by racist flyers win elections
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Three Asian-American
political candidates targeted by racist campaign attacks
won New Jersey elections, including one who will become
the city’s first Sikh mayor.
Ravi Bhalla was elected mayor, and Jerry Shi and
Falguni Patel won seats on the school board in Edison.
Bhalla, a city council member, had been the subject of
anonymously distributed flyers that labelled him a
terrorist. The flyers featured a picture of Bhalla with the
message “Don’t let TERRORISM take over our Town!”
The Indian-American politician called the flyers troubling
in a Twitter post but said “we won’t let hate win.”
“We’ve been through a bruising campaign,” Bhalla told
supporters at a campaign event, “but now is the time we
come together and see who we can work with to bring this
city forward.”
Bhalla topped five other candidates and will succeed
Dawn Zimmer, who decided not to seek a third term.
Zimmer endorsed him.
Shi and Patel were targeted by mailers that read “Make
Edison Great Again,” evoking President Donald Trump’s
campaign slogan, and said “the Chinese and Indians are
taking over our town.” It called for the candidates to be
deported.
Edison has a large Asian-American community, many
of them Chinese and Indian immigrants. More than 45
percent of Edison was born abroad, and about a quarter of
the township was born in India.
The ads violated state election law because they do not
identify who paid for them.
Patel, a Democratic committeewoman and immigration
lawyer, said she was disgusted by the pamphlets.
HATE LOSES. Three Asian-American political candidates targeted by
racist campaign attacks won New Jersey elections, including one who will
become the city’s first Sikh mayor. Ravi Bhalla (pictured with his family)
was elected mayor after topping five other candidates. A city council
member, Bhalla was the subject of anonymously distributed flyers that
labelled him a terrorist. The Indian-American politician called the flyers
troubling in a Twitter post but said “we won’t let hate win.” (Photo cour-
tesy of Ravi Bhalla for Mayor)
“I was born and raised in New Jersey,” she said. “To see
the word ‘deport’ on my picture ... really it’s just
outrageous.”
Officials are investigating who created the flyers and
mailers.
EW YORK —
Pieces of broken
pottery in the
nation of Georgia provide
the earliest known evi-
dence for the origins of
today’s winemaking indus-
try.
The eight shards were
found to be roughly 8,000
years old. That’s some 600
to 1,000 years older than
the
previous
record,
revealed by a wine jar
found in Iran.
It’s not the oldest
evidence of winemaking;
other evidence shows wine
was produced in China
much earlier.
But the Chinese wine
used a wild grape that has
apparently never been
domesticated. Researchers
say the Georgian wine was
based on a Eurasian
species that did undergo
domestication and formed
the basis for the vast
majority of wine today.
The
findings
were
released by the Pro-
ceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
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Container ships
returning to the
Port of Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)
— Container ships are
returning to the Port of
Portland in 2018, though
not frequently.
Oregon Public Broad-
casting (OPB) reports
Hong Kong-based Swire
Shipping
will
visit
Terminal 6 (T-6) about once
every five weeks starting in
January. The route will
take goods from Oregon to
Australia
and
New
Zealand, and then China.
Oregon governor Kate
Brown finalized the deal
during her visit to Asia in
October.
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