Across the board, the economy has taken a huge hit due to the COVID-19 outbreak. One of the most affected industries, if not the most, is the restaurant industry.
PICTORIAL: Social distancing life 2
SeaTac Deputy Mayor Peter Kwon has been supporting local businesses while helping neighbors by picking up and delivering to-go orders for those unable to leave their home.
BLOG: What foods to cook during coronavirus
Can bananas cure coronavirus? What about lemon and garlic? How about vitamins?
European travel and COVID-19
After pulling two all-nighters for work, Amy Choi was in a rush to board her United Airlines flight from Seattle to Paris on Feb. 27.
“Go Back to China” — The truth, plain, simple, and painful
“Go Back to China,” director and writer Emily Ting’s second feature film, has compelling characters, suspenseful situations, and tough talk. What it doesn’t have is much gild on the lily.
Seattle, Bellevue police chiefs make plea
The top cops in both Seattle and Bellevue are both speaking out against hate—specifically hate against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 crisis. On March 31, Seattle’s Chief Carmen Best used her most recent “chief’s brief” update to urge residents to call 911 over “racist name-calling.” The video, also featuring retired KING 5 anchor Lori Matsukawa, […]
Emergency funding for ID, Pioneer Square
SEATTLE — Historic South Downtown (HSD), a state-created Community Preservation and Development Authority, announced on March 26 that it will immediately begin to distribute up to $475,000 in emergency funding to sustain nonprofit and small businesses in the Pioneer Square and Chinatown-International District (ID). Azar Koulibaly, vice president of HSD, said, “The ID in particular […]
SPD recovers stole Tsutakawa Memorial Gates
SEATTLE — Seattle police detectives have recovered one of the Memorial Gates stolen from the Washington Park Arboretum on March 19. The bronze ornamental gates, designed by sculptor George Tsutakawa, have been at the Arboretum since 1976. Police discovered that two people tried to sell scrap brass from the stolen gate and downspouts at a […]
COVID-19 claims Kona Kitchen’s Liz Mar & husband
Elizabeth Mar, the beloved matriarch of the local Hawaiian restaurant Kona Kitchen, died from the novel coronavirus on March 25, after battling it for two weeks. She was 72 years old. Her husband, Robert Mar, 78, died of the virus two days later. The couple has three children and seven grandchildren.
Vandals strike hard-hit businesses
“What did we do to deserve this?”
That’s what Eric Chan wrote on the “Support the ID – Community United” Facebook page, while posting a photo of broken storefront windows along King Street and 7th Avenue South.