“Bobby Ongpin is unique,” said Roman Felipe “Manny” Reyes who was himself a former SGV partner before moving on to co-found and chair the Reyes Tacandong & Co. auditing firm.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/385277/sui-generis-tributes-pour-in-for-colorful-controversial-roberto-ongpin-86

Plascencia’s enchanted, phantasmagorical novel tells stories within stories on top of still more stories — all watched over by the character of Plascencia himself, ringmastering from above like some divine Gabriel García Márquez of the SGV.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-04-11/essential-los-angeles-books-speculative-fiction

Tuesday night’s was co-hosted by Compassion in SGV, a nonprofit organization created to stop Asian hate and support San Gabriel Valley communities, which provided a livestream of the ceremony so more members of the public could take part.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/01/31/buddhist-monks-hold-blessing-ceremony-at-monterey-park-memorial/