Elson Trinidad
Born and raised in Los Angeles (watching KCET since toddler-age), Elson Trinidad has been a KCET contributor since 2012, covering Asian/Pacific Islander communities and local environmental issues, and in 2014 wrote and curated KCET's 50th Anniversary section. He is also an accomplished singer/musician, community activist, historian, and nonprofit professional.
For the uninitiated, "wetlands" might seem like a mere eco-buzzword, but up until nearly a century and a half ago, coastal and inland wetlands were common features in the Southern California landscape.
Whenever I mentioned to friends and family that I was going to Hong Kong, I would often hear, "Don't forget to visit the Night Market.
I love noise. Or at least, I thought I did. Here, buffered by mountains and distance, the great urban lion has been hushed.
The multi-city Greater Little Saigon area in Orange County now boasts some 2,000 businesses and a population of some 125,000 residents of Vietnamese descent.
For it has been 110 years after the state legislature made official its status as The Golden State's flower that I had finally been successful at growing them en masse.
I improvised my presentation by engaging in a discussion about current social media practices here. But somewhere in the discussion, I went off on a not-too-irrelevant tangent and unexpectedly landed on the topic of Asian American identity.
Having grown up just a few miles away, the park has been part of my life since I was an infant. I thought I knew Griffith Park, yet there was much more left to discover.
What is certain will be our demographics: Los Angeles County's population will be predominately Latino and Asian.
A place that many deride as "The Hood" or "The Ghetto" can still yield the most pleasant surprises.
The purpose of the video at UC Irvine was innocent enough -- that is, until one of the members performed in blackface.
Libraries are learning institutions. Albeit indirectly, I learned about California native plants through my local library, and the learning continues today.
Long Beach resident and community organizer Marin Yann has decided, after an entire decade of writing about it, to tell his story.