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To write about sex and queer lust is a pursuit filled with such anxiety-stirring shame that even as I write this, my pulse rises

The COVID-19 pandemic and the shifting attitude on mental health in Korean culture pushed more Korean Americans to seek therapy for the first time.

Print Why hike in L.A.? There are as many answers as there are Angelenos who lace up boots and hit trails. Southern California’s mountains and forests can serve as an outdoor gym, a sanctuary from the urban buzz, a spiritual space to heal and reflect, a place to pose and be seen (especially on Instagram), an entry to the natural world of tarantulas and newts, and a place to scale an unthinkably high peak. For the devout, it’s a lifestyle choice that in nonpandemic times brings us closer as ...

Print Though the Latino community has taken the brunt of the pandemic in Orange County, the population only accounts for 12% of the people who have received at least one vaccine dose in the county. There have been concerns that the county hasn’t adequately included underserved communities in its vaccine distribution plans, which focus on mass sites called Super PODs at Disneyland, Soka University and the soon-to-be site at the Anaheim Convention Center. According to state data, the Latino p...

Print 3.2 million residents vaccinated by July 4. “That’s the day for O.C. to celebrate when we’ll perhaps be able to go back to a near normal situation,” agency director Dr. Clayton Chau said Thursday during a virtual town hall hosted for the county’s Asian American community, which constitutes about 20% of O.C.’s population. That date, however, is dependent on how many residents are willing to take the vaccine, he said. The OC Asian Pacific Islander Taskforce, along with the he...

Print This story was produced with support from the Asian American Journalists Assn. and AARP, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. Before the coronavirus pandemic, June Bai’s weeks were filled with a diverse range of activities she looked forward to doing. Bai, 69, enjoyed the freedom she had to attend dance and tai chi classes and evenings at the symphony. Santa Ana resident June Bai, 69, helps deliver hot meals to senio...