Missing: 22-year-old Shuqin Zhang, last seen Thursday

UC Berkeley graduate student's belongings were found near Point Reyes Lighthouse.



In the Bay Area, search crews are looking for a missing UC Berkeley graduate student, last seen Thursday, after her car and some of her belongings were found near Point Reyes Lighthouse in Marin County.

Belongings of missing UC graduate student found on cliff near Point Reyes

22-year-old Shuqin Zhang, who reportedly suffered from depression, was last seen on Thursday at around 1:30 am in Berkeley and was believed to be headed to Bodega Bay two hours later.

According to Berkeley police, park rangers found her car near the lighthouse at Point Reyes on Saturday morning, and searchers later found some of her belongings on a cliff overlooking the ocean.

Arson-murder rap overturned, man set free after 24 years

Judge rules that the 1990 case against Han Tak Lee was based on now-discredited arson science.



Whoa. After spending the last 24 years in prison, convicted for setting the fire that killed his daughter, a man walks free. Last week in Pennsylvania, a federal judge overturned his 1990 murder-arson conviction, ruling that the case against him was based on now-discredited arson science.

Arson-Murder Rap Tossed, Han Tak Lee Set Free After 24 Years In Prison

79-year-old Han Tak Lee was released on bail Friday from the federal courthouse in Harrisburg. Lee was found guilty of purposely setting the 1989 cabin fire that killed his 20-year-old daughter Ji Yun Lee at a religious retreat in the Pocono Mountains. Prosecutor argued that the motive for murder was Ji Yun's severe depression, which had become too difficult for her family to handle.

Lee has consistently maintained his innocence over the last 25 years. Meanwhile, over the past two decades, there has been a revolution in fire science. Mr. Lee's case is one of dozens around the United States to come under scrutiny because of now-debunked beliefs about how arson can be detected.

Boston University student found dead in dorm room

No indications of foul play

Damn. More tragic news out of Boston about the apparent suicide of an Asian American student... On Monday morning, a Boston University student was found dead in his dorm room. News stories aren't quite calling it a suicide yet, but reporting seems to indicate that the victim took his own life.

ENG Student Found Dead in Dorm Room

19-year-old Kevin Lee, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, was found dead in his room by a university employee during well-being check. Lee's family expressed concern when they couldn't reach him and asked Residence Life to check up on him.

According to Boston Police, there are no indications of foul play.

Call for Submissions: Anthology of Asian and Pacific Islander Women's Experiences with Mental Illness

What are the untold stories of APIA women and mental health?

I recently got this call for submissions passed along to me... Editor Aileen Alfonso Duldulao is putting the call out to Asian and Pacific Islander women for essays, letters, interviews, poems and other reflections focusing on mental illness and mental health for an upcoming anthology, No Greater Agony.

The goal is to give voice to APIA women, whose stories and experiences with mental health and mental illness too often go untold. Here is some more information:

Man attempts suicide outside Today Show

Holy crap. This morning in New York, a man in the crowd gathered outside NBC's Today show started shouting about government corruption before pulling a knife on himself and slashing his wrists: 'Today' show wrist-slasher explains: 'The IRS ruined my life!'

Outside NBC headquarters, 76-year-old Pak Chong Mar began ranting about the IRS and tossed a stack of papers in the air. He then pulled out a knife and started sawing at his wrist in front of the horrified Rockefeller Center crowd before being tackled by security: