“Ju Ju,” or Golden Pearl, the Chinese Art Pig who toured the region this year to celebrate the Year of the Pig, has found her home at Pike Place Market. To kick-off this year’s holiday lighting ceremony on Nov. 30, the International Lion Dance Martial Arts Team led a drumming procession followed by the lighting […]
Thanksgiving dinner for the elderly
Peter Peng and John Zhang donated a Thanksgiving dinner to seniors at the House of Hong on Nov. 3. Organized by Seniors in Action Foundation, more than 500 people attended. Each guest received a gift of different Asian sauces and a can of tea leaves. Two centenarians—King Wong and Ngook Hong Lee Huie—walked on stage […]
Bruce Harrell honored
Outgoing Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell received a long standing ovation on Nov. 22 during the 2019 Annual Breakfast of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle. The event, held at The Westin Hotel in, Seattle, raised more than $400,000 to empower the community and change the lives of the individuals, one family at a […]
Perché No closing, owners Lily and David Kong retiring
Lily Kong and Chef David Kong announced on Dec. 1 that they will officially retire and close their Italian restaurant Perché No. The restaurant opened in Queen Anne in 1992, and a second location opened near Green Lake. The Kongs lost their Queen Anne lease in 2006. David Kong, born in Malaysia of Chinese ancestry, […]
Trailblazing basketball player of Japanese descent dies
Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first player of Japanese descent to play in the league that was the predecessor to the NBA, has died. He was 95. The University of Utah athletics department said in a Nov. 21 news release that Misaka died on Nov. 20 in Salt Lake City. He grew up in Ogden, Utah. […]
Inslee meets with Nepal delegation
On Nov. 14, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee met with a delegation from Nepal led by Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Prithvi Subba Gurung and Attorney General Rajendra Ghimire. Gurung proposed to establish sister-city relations between Washington state and Nepal’s Gandaki province. “There are many commonalities between Washington state and our province,” Gurung said, stating the […]
UW team wins award at inventors competition
A student team from the University of Washington (UW) won the Graduate Runner-Up award at the Collegiate Inventors Competition last month. Finalist teams (five undergraduate and five graduate), consisting of 23 students from 11 colleges and universities across the United States, received an all-expenses-paid trip to the competition held in Alexandria, Va. The UW team […]
Xinh Dwelley honored with 2019 Flame Award
Xinh Dwelley was honored at a gala in Shelton on Nov. 23, when the Mason General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) presented her with the 2019 Flame Award. MGHF Board President Whitney Jones called Dwelley “one of those people who has given so generously and so joyously to the Mason County community.” Dwelley’s talent for food and […]
Maki Hsieh appointed CEO of Robert Chinn Foundation
The Robert Chinn Foundation announced on Nov. 19 their appointment of Maki Hsieh as its first Chief Executive Officer. Hsieh will oversee all aspects of the foundation’s operations and community support, and direct the Asian Hall of Fame program. Selected from a local and national search of over 100 candidates, Hsieh was the first Asian […]
Microsoft’s Harry Shum is leaving
Microsoft said on Nov. 13 that Harry Shum, the executive vice president in charge of its artificial intelligence and research group, is leaving the company in early 2020. Kevin Scott, the company’s Chief Technology Officer and formerly a LinkedIn executive, is taking on Shum’s responsibilities in addition to his own. It’s not clear what Shum […]
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