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Seattle councilwomen speak out against arena vote backlash

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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.

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

Honda admits failing to report deaths, injuries

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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.

Youthful voice: “Remembering the Sjoeupersonics”

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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 …

Editorial: Confused and saddened over Cho firing

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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

Editorial: Mayor Greg Nickels will be missed by Asians

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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.