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Chinatown was a hive of activity yesterday as San Francisco rang in Lunar New Year at the city's annual Chinese New Year Parade opening ceremony.

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SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Chinatown celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday night with firecrackers and festivities. The beat of the drums accompanying the lion dancers on Grant Avenue signals ...

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Meanwhile, over at Kingsway Mall, the Chinese Graduates Association of Alberta is having its own Lunar New Year celebrations ...

Light rail riders face a weekend closure of UW Station on Feb. 1-2, while motorists will see an unrelated one-lane reduction to I-5 nearby.

Locals and tourists in Mexico's capital enjoyed a colorful Lunar New Year parade Wednesday to usher in the Year of the Snake.

The bustling neighborhood was once a cultural hub home to hundreds of Chinese immigrants and their descendants, many of whom ...

Chinatown's streets will come to life on Feb. 9 with thunderous drums and the piercing clang of cymbals as nine lion dance troupes celebrate the Year of the Snake in the Chinese New Year Parade.