Chief Kevin Raney

​When what seemed like every Little Saigon cafe, owner and manager were busted for operating illegal gambling machines last year, it was obvious there was disconnect between the Vietnamese community and the enforcers of municipal law in Garden Grove.

Police Chief Kevin Raney hopes to bring the two sides closer together during an outreach program this afternoon.
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From Bolsavik.com

​Word has come from Malaysia that Nguyen Cao Ky, the former president of South Vietnam who spent years in Orange County after the Vietnam War, has passed away.

The story first appeared in the English-language media via  Bolsavik, the English-language blog of Nguoi Viet editor Hao-Nhien Vu. He beat the mainstream media by hours, getting confirmation by sources close to Ky's family.
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​In the ongoing struggle over which congressional district to put Little Saigon in, the latest proposal may end up lumping it in with Long Beach. More >>

Vietnamese In Prison For Life (VIPFL)

​How quickly do the wheels of justice turn in California?

This week the state's Supreme Court announced its decision relating to criminal acts--violent extortion of Little Saigon businesses--committed 18 years ago by Quang Minh Tran, a shot caller for the criminal street gang Vietnamese for Life (VFL).

Was it worth the wait for Tran?

Nope, the high court's ruling means this demented hoodlum will continue serving his 54 years to life sentence and, once that is over, began a second sentence of life with the possibility for parole.
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Little Saigon Money Wars

​In Orange County, only two major businesses offer money-transfer services to Vietnam, and based on U.S. banking laws, both have relied on accounts at Wells Fargo Bank to satisfy American regulators.

But now one of those Little Saigon businesses, Saigon Central Post of Westminster, is suing the banking institution for closing its account suddenly and without explanation, a move a lawyer for the transfer company claims is intentional interference with a lawful business in a scheme to aid its competitor, Anh Minh Money Transfer.

But why would anyone at Wells Fargo care?
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Sanchez: Always ready for battle

​Man, it's always a hoot reading the premature obituaries written about Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Took Two Dead Girls to Make Her Sponsor the DREAM Act) over the past 15 years, and the latest batch is already starting today with the release of draft maps showing the redrawn congressional lines that happen every 10 years. It shows that Anaheim is virtually gone from Sanchez's now-proposed district, as her boundaries now got pushed to include nearly the entirety of Little Saigon--and we all know Viets vote Republican, right?

"New draft redistricting map hurts Rep. Sanchez," blares the headline on the Orange County Register website, while Allan Bartlett over at Red County thinks thinks it's "now an imminently winnable seat for the GOP."

HAHAHAHAHA!
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​The Los Angeles based owners of 57 gaming machines seized in March by Garden Grove police and California Department of Justice is suing authorities in Orange County Superior Court for the return of the equipment.

Attorneys for Intelligame, LLC. claim in an April 28 complaint that the cops had no right to take the machines "because they are not gambling or lottery devices and the user of the seized machines does not receive any piece of money, credit or thing of value . . ."
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Duong: bad shopper

​Though he had three prior theft strikes against him, Orange County's Dung Hoang Duong just couldn't help himself.More >>

​Hoa Tran might still be roaming free if he hadn't driven a vehicle in Orange County while intoxicated in 2008.More >>