Junyao Yang

themercurynews • 1st August 2022

Oakland Chinatown faces a ‘dual pandemic’ of violence, COVID

“As Chinatowns all across the U.S. lose the mom-and-pop restaurants, bakeries, stores and food markets, this part of culture and heritage for the community could be lost forever.”

themercurynews • 28th July 2022

Oakland Fortune Factory redefines what a fortune cookie represents

For Alicia Wong, a fortune cookie represents who she is.

themercurynews • 7th July 2022

‘We are running on fumes’: Bay Area lifeguards in demand amid nationwide shortage

The national lifeguard shortage has taken a toll on the swimming facilities in the Bay Area, leaving some pools understaffed and others having just enough to cover day-to-day operation, limiting opening hours, and decreasing the number of aquatics programs offered.

themercurynews • 19th June 2022

On Juneteenth, Bay Area celebrations start with the music

“We have music to celebrate and we have music to grieve. There’s music when we’re free to sing and dance and music when we were working. We sang in jails and we sang in marsh meadows,” Nalley said. “You can’t always eat, but you can always sing and dance.”

themercurynews • 9th June 2022

Zimbabwe, SF girls bring voices to Marsh youth theater festival

Ten teenage girls from Zimbabwe and San Francisco have written short plays and will star in their own pieces at San Francisco’s Marsh theater.

Some of their works feel like a punch in the stomach. Some purposely make the audience uncomfortable. All are designed to make viewers think.

Richmond Confidential • 19th October 2021

Richmond's HelloFresh workers get community, city council support in union effort

Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday (with one member absent) for a resolution supporting HelloFresh warehouse workers and backing that up with a letter to HelloFresh’s CEO. The letter says workers should be able to unionize “without retaliation or interference from management or outside agencies.”

Richmond Confidential • 25th September 2021

Why is Richmond plagued by power outages — 269 in a month?

Madalyn Law knows how to keep the food in the refrigerator from going bad when the power goes out. She learned the hard way.

Caixin • 21st October 2020

Period Poverty behind Off-brand Pads

Some people argue that sanitary pads are actually affordable enough. Others disagree, pointing out that as a necessity for women, menstrual products could be a heavy burden on low-income women, especially when they have no choice but to buy them.