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Texas Rangers sign Japanese pitcher Arihara

December 31, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Texas Rangers have signed Japanese pitcher Kohei Arihara to a $6.2 million, two-year contract. The right-hander gets $3.6 million in 2021 and $2.6 million in 2022 and can earn $50,000 in performance bonuses each year. He spent six years with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan’s Pacific League. The 28-year-old was 8-9 with […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 1 | JANUARY 2 - JANUARY 8

Friends of Little Saigon opens new creative space

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This winter, and after months of construction and years of planning, Friends of Little Saigon opened its Little Saigon Creative space with a virtual grand opening and 3D tour. The creative space also serves as the new headquarters of Friends of Little Saigon and is located in Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood at 1227 S. Weller […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

Support Terry’s Kitchen through GoFundMe effort

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Terry’s Kitchen, owned by Terry Takeuchi, is a neighborhood and community gathering spot and has been serving up comfort food for the past three-and-a-half years. Like many other small family-run businesses, Terry’s Kitchen has suffered greatly since the beginning of the pandemic. A GoFundMe for Terry’s Kitchen was created by Patti Shimomura, Jan and Glenn […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

ICHS lanches free high-volume COVID-19 test site in Eastside

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 15, International Community Health Services (ICHS) launched the first free high-volume test site in the Eastside in an expanding effort to control the spread of COVID-19 in east King County and along the I-90 corridor, as local cases continue to spike. Nearly 600 people registered for a test on its first day. About […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

Ethiopians march through ID to bring attention to Tigray

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ethiopian supporters of the Tigray region marched down South Jackson Street on Dec. 18 to bring attention to the war initiated by Ethiopia Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. On Nov. 4, Ahmed ordered the start of a military offensive against Tigray, the northernmost part of Ethiopia, citing that he wanted to unify the country by increasing […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

Batayola reappointed to Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Teresita Batayola was reappointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to serve a second term on the Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees. Trustees are responsible for overall policy and leadership of the colleges and must be confirmed by the state Senate. Batayola is president and CEO of International Community Health Services. Her reappointment was effective Oct. 8. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

Yow sworn in as youngest WOC mayor of California city

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jocelyn Yow was officially sworn in last week as the mayor of Eastvale, the youngest woman of color to ever serve as mayor of a California city. Yow, 25, was elected to the Eastvale City Council in 2018 and served as mayor pro tem before becoming mayor this year. She is the daughter of a […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

First Asian American justice on CA Appeal Court

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Judge Truc T. Do was nominated by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Dec. 8 to serve as an Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One. If confirmed, Do will be the first Asian American woman justice in the court’s history and the first Asian American to serve in division one of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

Tony Pham out as ICE director

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tony Pham, the acting director of the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), will step down at the end of the year after assuming the post in August. Pham thanked the Trump administration for appointing him as acting ICE director, calling it “the single highest honor” of his career. “I have gotten to meet with many […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

CBS White House reporter Weijia Jiang is writing a memoir

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang is working on a memoir about her experiences as a Chinese American. One Signal Publishers, a Simon & Schuster imprint, announced on Dec. 10 that Jiang’s “Other’” would come out in Spring 2022. “In rural West Virginia where I grew up, most residents had never laid eyes on […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

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