Randall Yip has been founder and editor of AsAmNews, a daily digital news site focused on coverage of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities since 2012. Until recently he ran the site as a volunteer while also serving as a senior producer at San Francisco television station ABC7, where he worked full-time on the popular consumer franchise 7 On Your Side. Yip has been honored by the Northern California Emmys, the California State Assembly and others.
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The closed Sakura ICF remains empty years after evicting elderly residents for unrealized housing plans, sparking outrage over Keiro's 2016 sale of senior care homes to Pacifica.
In California, 80% of all skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities are run by for-profit entities.
The Japanese American community is still seeking answers about 115 COVID-19 deaths at Kei-Ai LA. But community members say regulators have stonewalled them for several years.
Kei Ai LA Health Care Center faced multiple COVID-related citations and had the highest death toll in CA nursing homes, with 115 deaths by December 2022. Complaints persisted.
When COVID swept through two Los Angeles residential buildings, residents died in both. But there were eight times more deaths in the primarily elderly Asian American building than in a wealthier residence. Why the gap?