{"id":319351,"date":"2023-02-02T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=319351"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:56:46","slug":"photo-recap-lunar-new-year-festival-2023-in-little-saigon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/photo-recap-lunar-new-year-festival-2023-in-little-saigon\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo recap: Lunar New Year Festival 2023 in Little Saigon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Little Saigon San Diego hosted a free festival to celebrate Lunar New Year in City Heights over the weekend of Jan. 20-22. This year was significant because it also marked the groundbreaking of the Boat People Garden, a community mini park to be built a block from the festival site at Jeremy Henwood Park with funds from past festivals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style='display:none' class=\"jeg_preview_slider gallery_1\" data-selector='gallery_1'>\n                        <div class=\"jeg_preview_holder\">\n                            <div class=\"jeg_preview_media\">\n                        <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_holder\">\n                            <h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n                            <div class=\"fullscreen-switch\">\n                                <i class=\"fa\"><\/i>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content\">\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content_holder_padding\">\n                                    <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content_holder\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content_navigation\">\n                                    <div class=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class='preview-slider-overlay'>\n                                    <div class='preloader_type preloader_dot'>\n                                        <div class=\"module-preloader jeg_preloader dot\">\n                                            <span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"module-preloader jeg_preloader circle\">\n                                            <div class=\"jnews_preloader_circle_outer\">\n                                                <div class=\"jnews_preloader_circle_inner\"><\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"module-preloader jeg_preloader square\">\n                                            <div class=\"jeg_square\">\n                                                <div class=\"jeg_square_inner\"><\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"jeg_preview_control\">\n                                <div class=\"left_control\">\n                                    <div class=\"counter\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span> of  11<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"subtitle\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"zoom\">\n                                    <span class=\"reduce\">-<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"increase\">+<\/span>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"jeg_preview_bottom_slider\">\n                        <a data-id=\"0\" data-title=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-scaled.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-scaled.jpg\" class=\"jeg_preview_item active\">\n                            <div class=\"jeg_preview_item_thumbnail\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"86\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-120x86.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jnews-120x86 size-jnews-120x86 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230202145442\/wishes-1140x815.jpg 1140w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 120px; 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