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Seattle councilwomen speak out against arena vote backlash

May 25, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Writing in an op-ed in the Seattle Times last week, the five women on Seattle’s mostly female City Council responded to sexist attacks against them after a recent council vote sidetracked an arena proposal aimed at bringing the NBA back to the city.

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News, Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, Chris Hansen, City Council, Mayor Ed Murray, NBA, Oklahoma City, Port of Seattle, Seattle Times, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, language, social media

EDITORIAL: Make your voice heard regarding proposed SoDo Arena at public hearing March 15!

March 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Next Tuesday, March 15, there will be a public meeting at 5:30 at Seattle City Hall for citizens to chime in on how they feel about the proposed SoDo Arena, a stadium from San Francisco developer (but Rainier Valley-raised) Chris Hansen. The much-delayed stadium project, sometimes dubbed the “Sonics Arena” has been in the works […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Chinatown, ID, International District, NBA, Oklahoma City, Port of Seattle, Rainier Valley-raised Chris Hansen, Safeco Field, San Francisco, Seattle Asian Americans, Seattle City Hall, Sonics Arena, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, parking

Group files federal lawsuit in effort to stop Bamboo and Chai’s elephant move

April 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — A group opposed to a plan to move two Asian elephants from the Woodland Park Zoo to Oklahoma City has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the move violates the Endangered Species Act. King-TV reports that the Elephant Justice Project filed the lawsuit this week. It says the zoo failed to get a […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Elephant Justice Project, Endangered Species Act, Oklahoma City, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10, Woodland Park Zoo

Honda admits failing to report deaths, injuries

December 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Krisher AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Honda is admitting that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles to U.S. safety regulators, a violation of federal law.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, Ashley Parham, Clarence Ditlow, Executive Vice President Rick Schostek, Honda Accord, Justice Department, Midwest City, NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Oklahoma City, TREAD, Takata Corp, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12, parking

Youthful voice: “Remembering the Sjoeupersonics”

August 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle SuperSonics were ripped away from the Seattle after the 2008 season and taken to Oklahoma City by owner Clay Bennett. Christopher Hansen, a wealthy San Francisco hedge fund manager, made progress to acquire land in the Sodo neighborhood with the hope of building a multi-purpose arena that would be home to a professional basketball and hockey team …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2008, Barry Ackerly, Christopher Hansen, Clay Bennett, Denver Nuggets, Gary Payton, George Karl, Lenny Wilkens, NBA, Oklahoma City, Phoenix Suns, SST, SYLP, Sam Schulman, San Francisco, Seattle, Shawn Kemp, Summer Youth Leadership Program, Youth issue

Editorial: Confused and saddened over Cho firing

May 25, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

If you are surprised over the firing of Rich Cho as general manager (GM) of the Portland Trail Blazers this Monday, you are not the only one. Rich Cho was reportedly

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Asian Americans, Blazers President Larry Miller, Don Wakamatsu, Editorial Confused, GM, Major League Baseball, NBA, Oklahoma City, Paul Allen, Portland Trail Blazers, Rich Cho, Vol 30 No 22 | May 28 - June 3

Editorial: Mayor Greg Nickels will be missed by Asians

August 27, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mayor Greg Nickels conceded defeat last Friday in his bid for a third term. The two men who will advance to the general election in November are T-Mobile Executive Joe Mallahan and Sierra Club activist Mike McGinn. All three candidates are Democrats.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2009, Asian Americans, King County, Kyoto Protocol, Mayor Greg Nickels, Mike McGinn, Northwest Asian Weekly, Oklahoma City, Seattle, Sierra Club, attention, vol 28 no 36 | August 29 - September 4

Top 12 API athletes to look out for in 2009

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The city lost its basketball team as the Seattle SuperSonics left for Oklahoma City. The University of Washington football team didn’t win

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2009, API, Although Seahawks, Asian Americans, Don Wakamatsu, Erik Spoelstra, Filipino, Kim Ng, LPGA, MLB, Oklahoma City, Ryder Cup, Seattle Mariners, Two Indian, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9

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