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Free Demonstrations and Discussions on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine

For the third year in a row, the Asian Heritage Street Celebration will feature a health section entitled Healthy Living Pavilion. This area of the street fair will comprise of many community health groups and sponsor booths that will collectively promote health and wellness. The Healthy Living Pavilion, which will be located on Larkin Street between Fulton [...]

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Sponsor Profile: California Pacific Medical Center

California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is proud to once again participate in the Asian Heritage Street Celebration, celebrating our valued long history of working with San Francisco’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) populations. We began life as four very different hospitals more than 150 years ago, serving different communities. Our partnerships with the API community [...]

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Why We Need National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day

By Jason Liu Declaration of the National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day came at the heels of the first national plan devised by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the prevention, care and treatment of viral hepatitis. The first National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day happens to coincide with the Asian Heritage Street [...]

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Healthy Living Pavilion

The Healthy Living Pavilion will provide free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice, interactive activities with prizes and health-related education materials.  Located on Larkin Street between Fulton and McAllister, services at the pavilion will be provided by community health groups and sponsors for the third consecutive year. Here is a look at what is [...]

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Featured Entertainment: Joel Del Rosario

     Presented by the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival, native Bay Area guitarist and composer Joel Del Rosario was classically trained on the viola as a child and grew up listening to the soulful sounds of Earth, Wind & Fire, George Benson and Stan Getz on the family stereo. When Joel’s mother died of cancer, [...]

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