NEW YORK: The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) - the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization- has announced the addition of Ann My Thai to its Board of Directors.

NEW JERSEY: Over 200 people attended a six-day yoga camp last week conducted by Swami Mukundananda, a student of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, on the occasion of Janmashtmi at the Hindu Temple and Mahatma Gandhi Center in Wayne, New Jersey.

FREMONT: Over 500 Hindus assembled in the Fremont temple last week to listen to prominent speakers belonging to 17 organizations of their concern at the continuing unhappy situation in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Community members in the audience were very saddened and frustrated by the situation in Jammu and Kashmir State and responded very loudly and in one

LOS ANGELES: Federation of Indian-American Associations of Southern California and Federation of Indian Associations of Los Angeles, jointly celebrated India's 61st Independence Day on August 31at The Woodlands Restaurant, Artesia.

PLEASANTON: Mrs Veena Chitkara was killed in a roadside accident on August 4 and her family and friends are outraged by the apparent apathy of the Pleasanton police and the District Attorney's office to this tragic death.

ORANGE COUNTY: Guests at a reception hosted by Bicky Singh and Jagjit Singh last week heard of the common ground between the Sikh community and the aspirations of the OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens.

SUNNYVALE: When a modest effort by a few San Francisco Bay area music lovers to get like-minded people together turned into a string of 25 successful concerts in a span of three years, their love of music took on a whole new purpose.

FREMONT, CA: LEED Platinum-the highest level possible-was awarded to Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology for green building construction. Ohlone president, Dr Gari Browning received notice August 21