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State cherry growers talk supply, demand, and industry challenges

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mai Hoang Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Demand for Northwest cherries was strong last summer, but the supply wasn’t always there. While more than 19 million 20-pound boxes of Northwest cherries — most from Washington state — were shipped in 2015, a majority of the boxes were shipped in June as the hot […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Canada, Cherry Institute, China, James Michael, Keith Hu, North America, Northwest Cherry Growers, South Korea, Vietnam, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, Yakima Convention Center

VISIONARY: Ravi Ramineni — Sounders find strength in numbers

October 2, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Three years ago, seeking to network and find like-minded people with a love of numbers and soccer, Ravi Ramineni traveled cross country to Boston to attend the MIT Sloan Analytics Sports Analytics Conference. This year, he found himself speaking at the conference. The former Microsoft program manager, Ramineni is […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2015, Adrian Hanauer, Computer Science, GPS, India, Jason Cruz, MIT, MLS, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ravi Ramineni, Seattle Sounders, Sloan Conference, Sounders Dave Tenney, South Carolina, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, blog, technology

COMMENTARY: Orcas and the big spill — Whale watchers standing by to help endangered whales

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Capt, Hobbes Buchanan, San Juan Island Whale & Wildlife Tours, and Michael Harris, Puget Sound Express Whale Watching Seattle/Edmonds To whale watchers in Washington State and British Columbia, the recent oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay was a wake-up call. While a container ship bled bunker fuel into the bay, three hours passed before Canadian […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, BC, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Coast Guard, Endangered Species Act, English Bay, Kinder Morgan, Michael Harris, National Energy Board, North America, PWWA, Puget Sound Express Whale Watching Seattle Edmonds, Salish Sea, San Juan Island Whale Wildlife Tours, San Juan Islands, Southern Resident Community, Southern Residents, Tar Sands, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

A different melody — First Chinese symphony to perform in Seattle

February 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly One of China’s finest orchestras, the Shenzhen Symphony, will perform a special Chinese New Year special in Seattle on Feb. 25.<!–more–> The 2015 Chinese New Year Concert, featuring China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the Seattle Symphony and Stanford University, will be playing at Benaroya Hall to celebrate […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Austin Huang, Benaroya Hall, China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Chinese New Year Concert, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, First Chinese, International Tchaikovsky Competition, Jindong Cai, Keith Lockhart, New Peking Opera, North America, Seattle Symphony, Shanghai Conservatory, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20, Yellow River, Yin Chengzong, Zhao Cong

What are you missing in Sci-Fi/fantasy films? DIVERSITY

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Many moviegoers will be enjoying their share of summer movies, but according to a recent study, they will be missing something.  Diversity. The lack of people of color and women in science fiction and fantasy are especially stunning.  

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, DIVERSITY, Filipino, Imran Siddiquee, Jason Cruz, Marissa Lee, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, Representation Project, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

The Village Report — A new Cambodia emerging

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Our giant French doors are open today. There aren’t many other things in the room to distract, but even if there were, the balcony and the white rain beyond it command all of one’s attention. It looks and sounds like a television set that’s always on with loud static […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2014, Dipika Kohli, Europe, Khmer Rouge, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Victor Margolin, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, Whatever Cambodia, attention, culture, poverty

Michelle Wie wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf tourney

June 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) – Michelle Wie finally delivered a performance worthy of the hype that has been heaped on her since she was a teenager. Wie bounced back from a late mistake at Pinehurst No. 2 to bury a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, sending the 24-year-old from Hawaii to […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2014, Amy Yang, Annika Sorenstam, Bay Area, Bryan Bush, Grand Slam, Juli Inkster, LPGA, Lexis Thompson, Lucy Li, Martin Kaymer, Michelle Wie, North America, Northern Ireland, PINEHURST, Stacy Lewis, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Asian in Africa

June 12, 2014 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly As an Asian American, I did not expect my presence in Ghana to go without attention. This sounds self-centered. And it is.<!–more–> In the winter of 2012, an invitation from a school friend led me to the southern coastal city of Cape Coast, Ghana for vacation. This laid-back beach […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Africa, Asian American, Cape Coast Castle, China, Ghana, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, South America, United States, Vietnam, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 33 No 25 | June 14 - June 20, attention

Motivational speaker wants to be an American Ninja Warrior, of course

March 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly After completing a workout in the gym one night, a local man decided that he wanted to be a ninja — but not just any ninja. Hoan Do hopes to make it on the next season of the NBC reality TV series “American Ninja Warrior.”

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2014, American Ninja Warrior, Benson Henderson, Decatur High School, Hoan Do, Jason Cruz, Las Vegas, NBC, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pepperdine University, Seattle, TV, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14

LETTER: Taishan Association would honor pioneers

October 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I read with interest about the newly founded Taishan Association (“BLOG: Thinking big, that’s their motto” Vol. 32 No. 40) since, like many pioneers, my parents are from that region which was then called Toisan.

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2013, Ah Ba, Canton Alley, International District, Ken Chen, North America, Taishan Association, Vera Ing, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25

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