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The college scholarship winners were Rebecca Tam, top left, Kaitlyn Lai, Joshua Tam and Micah Gee, and Patrick Wong, bottom left, Linus Wong, David Sun and Laureen Wong.

College Scholarships for 2025

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Post published:August 19, 2025
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Rebecca Tam Joshua, Margie and Rebecca Tam. Rebecca Tam was presented the Stephen Huahn Memorial Scholarship for the top college student. She is studying multimedia with an emphasis in graphic…

The Gom Benn Village Society hosted its first Lunar New Year banquet in several years.

Celebrating Lunar New Year — Again

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Post published:April 24, 2025
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More than 170 people – including a newborn baby and a dozen plus-80-year-olds – gathered for the Gom Benn Village Society’s very joyous Lunar New Year Banquet March 1 at…

Kayla Chow, at her UC Riverside graduation, and her Po Po Jean Wong, who often served as Mistress of Ceremonies for Gom Benn's annual Chinese New Year's banquets.

My Po Po: Jean Wong

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Post published:January 16, 2025
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The following article was submitted by Kayla Chow, winner of the 2024 Gim Hong and Sun Woo Lee Memorial Scholarship for the top college senior. She was a student at UC…

Chinatown's Sam Sing butcher shop relied on locally raised hogs to operate for nearly a century, run by men from Gom Benn, including Wong Done, right, and Wong Toy Wing.

Sam Sing Butcher’s Secret: Hometown Hogs

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Post published:April 8, 2024
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A recent study focused on Los Angeles’ Old Chinatown from the 1890s to the 1930s, and analyzed how the Chinese created a self-reliant network that linked pork butchers, ranchers and rice growers.