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It might smell like strawberry, but it’s still tobacco — Can hookah be healthy?

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When you walk through the touristy Pike-Pine corridor in downtown Seattle, it’s hard to miss the smoke shops that pervade the area. On the ground level window display of Smoke Plus, on the busy intersection of Pike and First Ave., there are boxes of cigars, glass pipes of various colors and sizes, and a lineup of grandiose hookah pipes with long coils shoved against each other. A sweet scent permeates the shop’s perimeter that leads down to the basement.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2015, Columbia University, Double Apple, First Ave, Go Ask Alice Compared, International District, Iran, Laura Blinkhorn, Mayo Clinic, Middle Eastern, Mo Kairbash, Pete Holmes, Sameer Iqbal, Seattle City Attorney, Seattle Downtown Public Health Center, Smoke Plus, VSCO, WNPA2016

Chamber sues over Seattle law letting Uber drivers unionize

March 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on March 3, sued the city of Seattle over a new law that allows drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Amanda Eversole, Associated Press, National Labor Relations Act, San Francisco-based Lyft, Seattle, Seattle City Attorney, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Seattle lawyer gets 25-year prison term for rapes

May 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press Seattle lawyer Danford Grant, who pleaded guilty on May 7 to reduced charges of raping masseuses, was sentenced on May 19 to 25 years in prison. The plea helped Grant avoid a trial that could have earned him up to life in prison. Grant’s victims were all Asian immigrant women who worked […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2014, Danford Grant, King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, Richard Hansen, Seattle City Attorney, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30

Inagi co-chairing diversity committee for Attorney General-elect Bob Ferguson

January 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Candace Inagi, vice president of Asian Pacific Americans for Civic Engagement and Senior Adviser for External Affairs for the Mayor’s office, is co-chairing Attorney General-elect Bob Ferguson’s subcommittee focused on increasing diversity in the AG office and better serving under-served and vulnerable communities. The committee hosted its first meeting on Friday, Dec. 17, with co-chair […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asian Pacific Americans, Attorney General-elect Bob Ferguson, Candace Inagi, Jeri Gonzalez, Seattle City Attorney, Senior Adviser, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18

What a difference a day makes: The City Attorney’s new guidelines aims to protect immigrants from unjust deportation

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This past May, the Seattle City Attorney’s office instituted a policy intended to protect noncitizen immigrants from deportation for misdemeanor offenses.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, ACLU, INS, Jason Cruz, Jennifer Cruz, John Schochet, Jorge Barron, NWIRP, Northwest Asian Weekly, Patrick Cantor, Pete Holmes, Philippines, SMC, Seattle City Attorney, Seattle Municipal Court, United States, Vol 29 No 41 | October 9 - October 15

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