By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Seattle’s API Heritage Month Celebration went virtual on May 3 with more than 2,300 viewers tuning in on Zoom while streaming on Facebook Live. The API Heritage Month committee prepared for many hours to make sure the show would not have any major technical difficulties, and there were none. […]
First female JACL president dies from COVID-19
Lillian Kimura, who was the first woman to serve as Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) national president from 1992-94, has died. She was 91. According to her niece, Margaret Golden, Kimura’s death on April 23 was the result of COVID-19. During World War II, when Kimura was 13, she and her family were incarcerated at […]
DA LI, Uwajimaya donate masks to ID organizations
DA LI Development USA and Uwajimaya announced on May 4 a donation of 2,500 N95 masks and 15,000 surgical masks to health care providers, essential workers, and elderly residents in the Chinatown-International District (ID). “We are living in unprecedented and uncertain times with the COVID-19 pandemic in our community,” said Tomio Moriguchi, former CEO of […]
Phnom Penh Noodle House reopens
Phnom Penh Noodle House—Seattle’s only Cambodian restaurant—has reopened for business.
AG orders Seattle business to stop selling virus ‘vaccine’
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has sent a letter warning a Seattle-based business to halt selling a so-called COVID-19 “vaccine.” Ferguson said in a news release on April 28 that if the company, North Coast Biologics, or its owner, Johnny T. Stine, don’t stop making false or unsupported claims about the product, […]
Alaska Airlines to require passengers to wear masks
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines says passengers will soon need to wear face masks on flights due to the threat from coronavirus. In a statement, the Seattle-based airline said face masks will be mandatory beginning May 11. And employees who can’t maintain six feet of distance between passengers and other employees will also be required […]
Vancouver’s Chinese Cultural Centre defaced with ‘hateful’ anti-Asian graffiti: police
Police in Vancouver, B.C. are appealing to the public for help in identifying and locating a suspect who defaced several large windows at the Chinese Cultural Centre with hateful graffiti last month. According to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), the suspect entered the courtyard of the Chinese Cultural Centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside during the afternoon […]
New overnight neighborhood patrol
Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) has signed a contract with Homeland Patrol Division Security (HPDS), a locally owned security company, to provide free overnight security patrols to Chinatown-International District. Overnight services began on May 5 and covers blocks strategically chosen by Monica Ly, Clean & Safe Manager of the CIDBIA, and Timothy Hirokawa, CID […]
Giant Asian hornets found in WA
Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) say Asian giant hornets have been spotted in Washington state, the first time anywhere in the United States. Beekeepers have reported piles of dead bees with their heads ripped off, an alarming sight in a country with a rapidly declining bee population. The world’s largest hornets, that can kill […]
Scammers targeting small business owners applying for SBA loans
SEATTLE — The City of Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) is warning small businesses about scammers seeking to prey on the small business community that has already been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. OED has received numerous reports of scammers posing as either lenders or third-party providers offering to assist businesses with their […]
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