Cindy Domingo, King County Councilman Larry Gossett’s Chief of Staff: I met Bob during the mid-1970s, like so many Asian American activists, as we fought to save the International District as a community.
Archives for 2016
Personal Reflections — Bob Santos
By Elaine Ikoma Ko For Northwest Asian Weekly The world has lost a hero. Bob was larger than life, and so full of life and energy that we cannot fathom […]
Why I admire Uncle Bob
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly It’s easy and challenging to write about Uncle Bob Santos, the legend — partly because he’s fascinating, with so many gut-wrenching stories. He was […]
EDITORIAL: Take action on homeless “sweeps” proposal
We reported in our Aug. 20 issue that 10-plus homeless encampments, along with the filth, trash, and smell, had been cleaned up on South King Street under I-5. Now, the […]
Crayon Award for Jayapal
State Sen. Pramila Jayapal received the Crayon Award for her work on services and programs for kids from birth to age 5. The award, from the Early Learning Action Alliance, […]
Kawamura named as Trump agricultural adviser
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump named 64 agriculture policy advisers on Aug. 15, including Arthur Gen “A.G.” Kawamura, a former California Secretary of Food and Agriculture. “The members of my […]
Morisawa gets merit award
Naoko Morisawa received the Merit Award and a cash award at Art Port Townsend 2016. Her work, “My Collection — Gulliver,” is an oil-stained, hand-crafted wood mosaic, acrylic, oil, sumi […]
Miss America’s outstanding teens
Nicole Jia from Oklahoma was crowned Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2017 on Aug. 6. Jia’s parents emigrated from Beijing in the 1980s. Along with the title, Jia, 17, won a […]
Tacoma’s new webisode featuring an Asian eatery
The City of Tacoma released a new webisode called Inspired Palates. It features a local chef, Vathunyu “Yu” Nanakornphanom of Indo Asian Street Eatery. Nanakornphanom calls his style of cooking […]
Beloved “Uncle” Bob Santos dies
Long-time Seattle community leader “Uncle” Bob Santos died on Aug. 27. Born in Seattle to a Filipino immigrant father and a Native American/Filipino mother, Santos became involved with Seattle’s civil […]
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