Sophia Yan, Author at Valley News

Volcanic gases and ash rise from recent lava fissures near Pahoa, Hawaii on Monday, May 14, 2018. People nixing vacations to Hawaii's Big island has cost the tourism industry millions of dollars as the top attraction, Kilauea volcano, keeps spewing lava. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Eruption Costs Millions in Tourism

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, and Sophia Yan Associated PressMay 15, 2018

Pahoa, Hawaii — People nixing vacations to Hawaii’s Big island has cost the tourism industry millions of dollars as the top attraction, Kilauea volcano, keeps spewing lava.Cancellations from May through July have hit at least $5 million, said Ross…

In this Saturday, May 5, 2018 photo, a new fissure erupts in Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii. Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed homes and forced the evacuations of more than a thousand people. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Lava Flow Destroys 26 Homes

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and Sophia Yan Associated PressMay 6, 2018

In this undated image provided by nonprofit advocacy and legal group Equally American, Pale Tuli, right, and Rosavita Tuli, both American Samoans and individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the United States seeking full U.S. citizenship, pose for a photo in Salt Lake City, Utah. A lawsuit filed in federal court in Utah seeks to grant U.S. citizenship status to American Samoans. John Fitisemanu, and others who were born in American Samoa, are asking the court for citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which confers citizenship at birth to anyone born in the U.S. The complaint was filed in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Katrina Youd, Equally American via AP)

American Samoans Sue for Birthright Citizenship

by Sophia Yan Associated PressMarch 27, 2018