Sign up for California Today for the latest news on the June 5 primary and more here. Chinese and Korean immigrants, and Asian-Americans from other states, have made Irvine nearly half Asian. Developments advertise second kitchens designed to seal off the aroma of Asian cooking. And Asian immigrant couples have been buying homes up — often for millions, often in cash. “Asians,” said Sukhee Kang, who became the first Korean-American to run a major American city when he was elected mayor of Irvine in 2008, “are good for business.”

Source: New York Times June 03, 2018 20:57 UTC