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The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that three producers have been fired at KTVU in Oakland following the airing of the offensively incorrect Asiana pilot names, reports SF Gate. Unnamed station sources cited by Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross confirmed that investigative producer Roland DeWolk, special projects producer Cristina Gastelu...

If you're not part of the dominant culture, you've probably heard it. Asian Americans have heard it, Pacific Islanders have heard it. African American, Latinos, Native Americans, gays, women--we've all most likely heard it. If you've ever had the guts to speak out when you're offended by something and tried...

The Asian American Journalists Association released it reports on its meeting with KTVU  about  the much publicized airing of wrong and offensive names of the Asiana pilots. Management at KTVU refused to say where its staff got the names. It said its own review of how the error occurred is...

 The Daily Show and the Colbert Report on Comedy Central have been having a field day with KTVU's gaffe of the pilot's name in the Asiana crash, reports 8 Asians. The incident happened while both shows were on hiatus. But it was too good for both shows to pass up....

The Asian American Journalists Association released the following statement about its meeting today with KTVU: A team of AAJA representatives met with KTVU’s senior leaders Friday morning in a 90-minute conversation that was cooperative and constructive. AAJA’s delegation included Executive Director Kathy Chow, Governing Board members Ellen Lee and Tomoko...

Janice Gin, the number two person in KTVU's newsroom for 13 years, turned in her keys and packed up her bags just days before the embarrassing mishap at the station that lead to the reporting of offensive fake names as the pilots of Asiana Flight 214, reports the International...

The Washington Post reports the intern who incorrectly confirmed the names of the pilots on board Asiana Flight 214 has been fired. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says the interns responsibility was to route the call to the appropriate media relations person. Instead without authorization the intern confirmed the names not...

The names incorrectly reported as  the pilots on board the Asiana plane that crashed had been floating around the internet at least two days before KTVU, the Fox affiliate in San Francisco,  reported them. Three of  the names that were read on KTVU Friday appeared Wednesday under the thread "Asiana"...

by Mike Hale Featured Guest Blogger (Note from editor: Mike Hale posted these comments on the Asian American Journalists Association Media Watch Facebook page about the incorrect names of the pilots aired on KTVU during its coverage of the Asiana crash. The comments are re-posted here with his permission. Hale is...

(correction: An earlier version inaccurately quoted Lee Rosenthal, News Director at KTVU. The quote has now been corrected.) Former KTVU reporter Lloyd LaCuesta, who spent 35 years at the Fox station in Oakland, wrote "with sadness"  a letter to KTVU General Manager Tom Raponi about today's on air gaffe. Under the...

Mom Chung is one big bore. No, that's not a statement on Chung's personality. It's the truth. Mom Chung is the name given to the tunnel boring machine that will begin digging the long awaited Central Subway into San Francisco Chinatown. KTVU reports that city officials toured the tunnel site Thursday...

    Oakland, CA Mayor Jean Quan announced a plan today to begin issuing municipal identification cards that could help undocumented immigrants while fighting crime. Quan says the identification program is open to anyone who wants one, not just undocumented immigrants. "It's no secret that day laborers who earn cash have been...

About two dozen protestors Thursday vented their anger at a local San Francisco Bay Area mayor charging the city blocked their attempt to break their Ramadan fast. During the holy month of fasting which began this year on March 10, Muslims abstain from food from dawn to sunset. Traditionally the...

Multiple night markets will be returning to San Francisco this year following the momentum of popular events last year that drew massive crowds. The Chinatown night market opens today, March 8, and is scheduled to be held every second Friday of the month until November, according to the San Francisco...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bigg-zGIb7c The San Mateo Police Department confirmed the death of a father, mother, and two 4-year-old twin boys in what appears to be a triple murder-suicide, on Tuesday. The victims have been identified as Anand Sujith Henry (42), Alice Priyanka (40), and their twins Noah and Neithan, the Hindustan Times...

By Jia H. Jung, California Local News Fellow Ying Ze Wang (王英则) and her husband Jin Sheng Liu (刘金生), leaned against one another on Tuesday underneath a party tent set up in the garden of the Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS) cultural and social services organization in Half Moon Bay,...

Police have made multiple arrests in connection with the deadly shooting of Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le. Le was shot and killed on December 29 while responding to a burglary at a cannabis dispensary. The suspect(s) shot at Le and other officers on the scene as they fled. According to...

Oakland police officer Tuan Le was shot and killed while intercepting a burglary on Friday, December 29. According to KTVU, Le was responding to a burglary at a cannabis dispensary around 4:45 a.m. in the 400 block of Embarcadero near Ninth Avenue. As they fled, the suspects shot at several...

Just days after releasing a rap video blaming San Francisco Mayor London Breed for crime in the city, rapper Chino Yang has issued an apology, reports KTVU. The song from restaurant owner and social media influencer Chino Yang referred to the mayor as a "clown" and at one point encouraged...

The District Attorney's office in Oakland, California announced Wednesday that two men have been charged in the murder of an innocent bystander, Wing Wong. Tramonn Gray faces up to 54 years to life in prison if convicted after bullets police say were intended for someone else pierced the home...