14 entries

Articles by Nasrin Aboulhosn

A New Liver, a New Life

Sunny Kim received a liver transplant last year after undergoing treatment for cancer. Alhambra teams are raising funds for the 2013 Relay for Life, which raises awareness about the disease.
categories Family/Inter-generational NewsHealth

Tea and Chicken Feet: Dim Sum 101 and a First Taste

The 626 Night Market explained the main rules of dim sum on YouTube last week. Nasrin Aboulhosn tried dim sum two years ago for the first time.
categories Arts & CultureFoodNeighborhoodsRace/Ethnic Relations

Raising Funds for Mimi: Alhambra Community Comes Together For 24-year-old Resident Afflicted With Rare Disease

Community members have collected more than $5,000 for Mimi Alvarez, an Alhambra resident with an affliction that causes extreme sensitivity to light in 2007 and, most recently, Lyme disease.
categories Family/Inter-generational NewsHealthNeighborhoods

Dropping Beats at Alhambra High

Two Alhambra High School teachers are helping make poetry more than just stiff sonnets and iambic pentameter, guiding students to read original poems aloud and compete in local poetry slams.
categories Arts & CultureEducationNeighborhoodsYouth

Men and Skirts: A Conversation With Alhambra Writer Joshua Castro

As the U.S. Supreme Court discusses gay marriage, we talked to Alhambra writer and ELAC student Joshua Castro about why he will always incorporate gay characters into his work.
categories Arts & CultureNeighborhoods

Ten Years Later: Alhambra and The War in Iraq

The United States declared war on Iraq 10 years ago. Residents tell Alhambra Source about how the war in Iraq has impacted them.
categories NeighborhoodsPolitics

Alhambra to Vote on Los Angeles Community College District Board

Alhambrans will head to the polls Tuesday to decide three seats on the Los Angeles Community College District.
categories City AffairsEducationPolitics

The Future of Alhambra's City Manager — and Alhambra Place

City Manager Julio Fuentes is leaving Alhambra after 20 years to be city manager of Santa Clara. He talked to Alhambra Source about his accomplishments, his future, and the future of Alhambra Place.
categories City AffairsPolitics

A New Year, a New Term: Questions for Congresswoman Judy Chu

Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-El Monte) was re-elected to represent Alhambra and other cities in the San Gabriel Valley last November. Chu tells us about her plans for a new term.
categories NeighborhoodsPoliticsProfiles

Readers Debate Alhambra Source's Role and Chinese American Identity

Some of the most buzzed-about Alhambra Source stories from the past few weeks.
categories MediaNeighborhoodsPolitics
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