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4 hours ago, Los Santos Daily News said:

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NEWS • Local News

Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • May 30th, 2022 - 00:20AM

Suey Sing re-starts Asian Market to support LS Asian communities

 

The Asian market sees Los Santos' Asian-American communities come together to raise and support each other, hosted and managed by the Suey Sing Association.

 

 

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The night market in full swing - Yunisa Delgado Flores, May 28th 2022.

 

 

In 2019, according to a US Census, there were approximately 1,700,000 Asian-Americans living within Los Santos County; a population that is only growing, when compared to the 2017 census data that only saw 1,390,000. From the census, there are 510,000 of Chinese descent (excluding Taiwanese, 408,000 Filipinos, 229,000 Koreans, 141,000 Japanese people. The rest hailing from countries such as Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Thailand - all across the East.

 

These communities are scattered all around Los Santos, where Filipinos tend to congregate in a neighbourhood near Mirror Park in a mini Filipinotown, those of Chinese descent by Chinatown, those of Japanese descent by Little Tokyo, and Koreans by Little Seoul.

 

However, on May the 28th, all of these communities came together in Little Seoul to celebrate each other's culture.

 

The night-market was once a staple of Los Santos. However, as of recent years, the attendance from both vendors and attendees gradually declined to near nothingness. The Suey Sing Association, a local charity that aims to support migrants hailing from Asia, has recently acquired the rights to the night market and is making an effort to revitalize it.

 

The Asian night-market saw many vendors from across the city. There was Voodoo Brews, a local brewery that manufactures their own IPAs. A selection of tea houses that included Jasmine's Tea House and Thirst Tea Mint. Local convenience stores, such as Wu's Convenience, set up stalls to sell snacks. A DVD manufacturer selling locally-produced movies. And a florists named Hanami Flowers & Bonsai.

 

Lucy Walsh and Glenn Lau, two partners of Voodoo Brews, both of which were present and selling their locally-brewed IPAs, shared that they're "really happy to be involved in supporting the market with a brand, that is mostly Asian owned."

 

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Scott, the winner (left), elated that they won the jackpot with the night-market manager Mrs Wu (right) - Yunisa Delgado Flores, May 28th 2022.

 

Among the various stalls was a prize wheel with a jackpot of $30,000. Many attendees came, paid a small donation, and spun the wheel hoping to hit the jackpot over the course of the night.

 

Scott, a local of Los Santos, won the grand prize of $30,000 from the prize wheel. "I came one away from winning my first time. Then got it on the second, pretty wild."

 

The prize wheel was operated by the treasurer of Suey Sing Association and general manager of the night market Mrs Sophie Wu. From Suey Sing's website, they describe themselves as "a non-profit organization that aims to help the local Asian American community within Los Santos. We specialize in advocacy, investment, financial support, legal services and event management."

 

The organization, in addition to offering loans. immigration and translation services, financial advice and assistance in employment, also came into ownership of the Pearl Mansion House apartment complex within Little Seoul. The complex will serve as affordable housing within a traditionally high cost of living area, according to Suey Sing's website.

 

Mrs Wu agreed to a small interview about the importance of the market as well as the goals of the Suey Sing Association. When asked to describe what Suey Sing aims to do, she said "It's sort of a rainbow of all different things."

 

"We offer financial support, investment and grants, employment support, housing support n legal help with things like immigration. There is also the social aspect of it. We push for events like these to connect Asian communities and non Asian communities together."

 

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Mr. David Wu, current chairman of Suey Sing Association (left), alongside their wife and treasurer of the Suey Sing association, Mrs. Sophie Wu (right) - Courtesy of Mrs Sophie Wu of the Suey Sing Association.

 

 

The organization has been operating in the United States for a long time, however it's ventures into Los Santos started as recent as 2020. It's chairman currently is Mr. David Wu, husband of Mrs. Sophie Wu.

 

"We built up everything ourselves y'know? Used to be quite poor. It's the age old story— Well, when we moved over here my husband was asked to be the chairman. I couldn't tell you who though, best ask him. I simply followed, we've always worked together."

 

When asked about future plans to assist the Asian-American population, Wu proposed the idea of a youth program. The program's aim would be to give Asian-American hobbies and teach them valuable skills later in life. "Keep them off the streets and pushing them into group hobbies or activities. Teach them skills while having fun, y'know?"

 

As the night market grows once again to what it once was, we may start to see more and more businesses attend from a wider variety of communities beyond those of East Asia. The market this May only consisted of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese businesses.

 

But, in the future, central Asian and south-east Asian communities such as Indian and Filipinos, may wish to partake as word spreads more and more.

 

 

 

 

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13 hours ago, Los Santos Daily News said:

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Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • June 8th, 2022 - 10:22AM

13 guns and over 900 grams of drugs seized from Vespucci neo-nazi gangs

 

Following a six hour operation by the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department were they raided properties and homes linked to "Neo-Nazi gangs" in the Vespucci area, 13 guns and 972 grams of narcotics were seized. Two unidentified individuals were arrested.

 

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Deputies of the Special Enforcement Bureau after the raids within Vespucci. - Courtesy of the Special Enforcement Bureau's Facebrowser profiel

 

 

 

Los Santos County has been the birthplace of many white-supremacist, Neo-nazi and skinhead gangs for a long time; many of which bred from the 1980s counter-culture punk movement. One of the hot spots for these gangs has been Vespucci Beach, where many different gangs grew.

 

Many of these gangs hold a dominating presence within the state's prison systems, according to numerous sources such as the Anti Defamation League's and the US Department of Justice's websites, however their presence extends beyond these confines and onto the streets.

 

On June the 5th, starting approximately at 7pm, a large scale operation by the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department commenced against these gangs where they raided the homes of alleged members.

 

Supporting the operation were deputies from the Davis Sheriff's Station; the Special Enforcement Bureau - the tactical response arm of the LSSD; deputies from the Operation Safe Streets Bureau - the bureau responsible for Operation Maria, the task force that led to the arrests of two leaders within the Mexican Mafia, and responsible for identifying and arresting known gang affiliates; and a liaison from the Los Santos Police Department's K9 unit.

 

"The Los Santos County Sheriff's department is conducting a large scale operation targeting a criminal group posing a public safety hazard to the La Puerta and Vespucci Beach communities." An officer on scene stated to the Daily News. "The goal is to hit as many known properties at once to preserve the integrity of any possible evidence. These groups are known to be extremely violent and are not beyond harming civilians or law enforcement personnel."

 

Skin head and Neo-Nazi gangs hold a reputation for extreme violence across the United States with it's members often being charged for severe hate crimes including, but not limited to, kidnapping and murder.

 

In 2002 a member of one of these gangs, the gang being named PEN1 or Public Enemy No. 1, was convicted of attempted murder after he sliced the neck of a Hispanic male in front of their family following a traffic altercation. The member, Chad Studebaker, reportedly sliced the father's neck after he exited his vehicle to talk about Studebaker's aggressive driving. He stole the victim's Star-of-David necklace and fled the scene.

 

In 1995 two members of the Nazi Low Rider Neo-Nazi gang, Shaun Broderick and Christopher Crawford, murdered an African-American Walmart employee with hammers. The attack supposedly sparked due to the victim speaking with Broderick's girlfriend. As the two fled, they attempted to run over the victim's body using their vehicle.

 

Following the six hour operation, where the LSSD raided many homes alleged to belong to local neo-nazi gangs, reports say that law enforcement seized a total number of 13 firearms and 975 grams (34 ounces) of narcotics.

 

The results of the raids within Vespucci led to the arrests of two individuals. The LSSD have not disclosed their identities, nor possible gang affiliations, to the Los Santos Daily News.

 

 

 

 

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