BY A STAFF REPORTER
BUENA PARK,CA-Global Organization of People of Indian Origin – Los Angeles Chapter (GOPIO-LA) organized a blood donation camp through the Red Cross in coordination with Rajput Association of America and Apna Punjabi Group at Gurdwara Singh Sabha, here on, June 18. The blood donation camp was a success and...

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FREMONT, CA - The Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care ‘Make a Difference’ Charity Gala was held on June11 evening, at Sakoon Banquet Hall  here. Around $263 K was raised for the construction of a new 200 bed multi-specialty charitable Hospital in Dharampur, serving the entire Valsad District of about 1.4 million tribal people...

LOS ANGELES, CA -The disgraced fashion designer who first put Ivanka Trump on the runway is speaking out in a new book seven years after being locked up for rape and a dozen other criminal charges, including having a sexual relationship with a minor. Anand Jon Alexander, now 40, is writing a book in which he claims he was wrongly targeted and is now serving a 59-year sentence for rape. 

BY DEVIKA C.MEHTA
ANAHEIM, CA - In a starry gala night at the Tandoori Garden restaurant here, Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal joined hands with Child Rights & You (CRY) America’s initiative ‘Pledge 2017’ to raise both money and awareness for the cause of children’s rights on June 4.An amount of nearly $60,000 was raised by the end of the evening. 

BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
ARTESIA, CA - Who doesn’t love an ice cream? And, when it comes in unique flavors and mouth relishing snowy delicacies, yum... the idea certainly does not go unnoticed. So, presenting to you is one such ice cream parlor, Chillz Snow N Desserts, which has unmatched flavors and combinations that can only be dreamt of!

​BY A STAFF REPORTER
“A tremblor of laughter hit Southern California on May 27 at the 18th annual Hasya Kavi Sammelan,the brainchild of Raj Punjabi of Khushboo Arts & Entertainment. This time Punjabi did it again and presented Hindi humorous poetry through varied performances of three artistes from India. Dr. Sunil Jogi, a Padmashree award winner...

BY SONAM MIRPURI
ANAHEIM , CA – The Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care ‘Make a Difference’ Charity Gala was held on May 21 evening, at The Clubhouse at Anaheim Hills. Funds exceeding a million dollars were raised for the construction of a new 200 bed multi-specialty charitable hospital in Dharampur, Gujarat in India. 

​BY SONAM MIRPURI
LONG BEACH, CA - An evening bursting with reminiscing the magic of hits  from the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and even some more recent popular tracks, was hosted  by  StagePaint Productions who brought Kumar Sanu and AlkaYagnik live in concert to Southern California at the Terrace Theater here on  May 13.

BY SONAM MIRPURI
LOS ANGELES, CA - Akshaya Patra held two fund raisers in SoCal this past weekend for the cause of feeding school  children in India a healthy mid-day meal so they can thrive physically and academically. On May 6 the event was headlined by  renowned chef  Sanjeev Kapoor at an event  titled  “A Conversation with...

BY NIMMI RAGHUNATHAN
CERRITOS, CA – Remember the evening of November 8, 2016, when irrespective of whether one voted or not for Donald J Trump, the nation collectively let out a stunned gasp when the votes for president were counted? ​On April 26, 2017,  Indian-American visitors and citizens of Cerritos had a relapse, feeling their jaws slacken...