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You are here: Home / Archives for 2014

Murder mystery must-reads

May 26, 2016 By Samantha Pak

“Raining Men and Corpses: A Chinese Cozy Mystery” By Anne R. Tan Amazon Digital Services LLC, 2014 At 27, graduate student Raina Sun is not having a good go at things. She’s struggling financially after a loan to her now ex-boyfriend — who also happens to be her college adviser — turns into more of […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2009, 2014, 2015, Asian American, Bronwyn Taylor, Chinese American, Ghost Line, Gold Springs, Inspector Singh, Joan Watson, Marcus Bell, Matthew Louie, Raina Sun, Raining Men, Samantha Pak, Sherlock Holmes, Tommy Gregson, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

Malaysia: 2 more pieces ‘almost certainly’ from Flight 370

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By EILEEN NG ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government said May 12 that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were “almost certainly” from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five. The aircraft […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Australia, Beijing, France, Indian Ocean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines Boeing, Mozambique, Reunion Island, Rodrigues Island, South Africa, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

Chinese businessman Su Bin pleads guilty in United States hacking case

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Amanda Lee Myers Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer systems of U.S. defense contractors, including Boeing, to steal data on military projects, according to court records released March 23. Su Bin, 50, admitted to conspiring with two unnamed hackers in China […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, 2016, Associated Press, Attorney Eileen Decker, British Columbia, CCP, Canada, China, Chinese Communist Party, Robert Anello, Su Bin, United States, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, technology

Book recommendations

April 1, 2016 By Samantha Pak

When she was 7 years old and living in Kolkata, India, Callie Hansen would have nightmares about fighting against evil demons. They were so realistic, she nearly lost her mind, so she and her family moved to Seattle. The nightmares stopped, but when she turned 17, they returned.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2015, Callie Hansen, England, Hindu Goddess Kali, India, John Teddy, Mexico City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sabina Khan, Samantha Pak, Seattle, Yaturo Hitari

Educators and activists lobby for ethnic studies

March 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Bryson Associated Press DENVER (AP) — When a Colorado teacher got her English language students talking and writing about the police shooting of a black teen in Ferguson, Mo., she was able to draw parallels to events close to home. Cara Luchies, who works in a high school that is 50 percent [Latino], […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2016, Associated Press, Boulder County Latino History Project, Cara Luchies, Curtis Acosta, Hispanic Americans, John Kavanagh, Joseph Salazar, Luna Cervantes, Mexican Americans, San Francisco, Skyline High School, Tucson Mexican American, United States, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, language

Republican race rips bandage off Nevada immigration detente

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Republicans thought they had put their immigration problems behind them. After Sen. Harry Reid held onto his seat in 2010 by defending immigrants’ rights and in 2012 President Barack Obama handily won a state that is only 52 percent white, the state’s Republicans backed off […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, 2016, Arizona Sheriff, Assemblyman Ira Hansen, Attorney General Adam Laxalt, Brian Sandoval, Ed Horn, Fernando Romero, GOP, Harry Reid, Joe Arpaio, Las Vegas, Marco Rubio, Mario Sevilla, Mexico, PAHRUMP, Pew Hispanic Center, President Barack Obama, Robert Uithoven, Ted Cruz, United States, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

Lucky Envelope Brewing releases bottle for new year

February 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lucky Envelope Brewing, which opened its Ballard tasting-room doors in spring 2015, released its first-ever bottle offering, the Year of the Monkey Ale, an Asian-flavored take on the traditional porter, infused with vanilla and spices. Lucky Envelope Brewing is co-founded and owned by two Chinese American Seattleites, Barry Chan and Raymond Kwan. They founded Lucky […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Barry Chan, Chinese American Seattleites, Great American Beer Festival, Lucky Envelope Brewing, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4

Seattle experiments with new solutions to ease homelessness

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Phuong Le Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — As homeless deaths mounted last fall in Seattle, elected officials declared an  emergency, resorting to a tool often reserved for natural disasters to confront the burgeoning population of people living on the streets. The mayor opened a new city-sanctioned homeless encampment and committed millions more dollars to […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Associated Press, Cindy Pierce, Danny Fletcher, Mark Putnam, Mayor Ed Murray, RV, Real Change, Richard Swope, Sara Rankin, Seattle City Council, Social Security, Steve Berg, Timothy Harris, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, parking

Local districts make gains in graduation rates, new report shows

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Road Map Project’s “2015 Results Report,” an annual report card with data on indicators of student success, shows progress being made on education milestones in the South Seattle and South King County region, but also illustrates that more work must be done to help all students succeed. The Road Map Project is a region-wide […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, Advanced Placement, Black African American, ELL, International Baccalaureate, Results Report, Road Map Project, Seattle, South King County, South Seattle, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4

The Layup Drill — A New Year talking Doug B, a new Mariner, and … Manny’s last fight?

February 19, 2016 By Jason Cruz

Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to a new edition of The Layup Drill! This month, we revisit the great year by Doug Baldwin, a return home for a new Seattle Mariner — and is this the last fight for Manny Pacquiao? Despite coming up short, Seahawks’ Baldwin has a career year The feeling is […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2014, 2016, Andre Berto, Carolina Panthers, Doug Baldwin, Father Time, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, National League, Philippines, Pro Bowl, Russell Wilson, Seahawks Baldwin, Seattle Mariner, Super Bowl, Timothy Bradley, Travis Ishikawa, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, World Series

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