85°C Bakery Cafe held a soft opening at its new store at 5th Avenue and Jackson Street beginning the last week of December. The chain, which has more than 1,000 […]
New Kin On Board
Kin On announced on Dec. 24 the election of Dennis Lam as its new board president. Lam is the founder of the Law Offices of Dennis Lam and has served […]
Ex-restaurant owner sentenced for forced labor
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former owner of Thai restaurants who fraudulently obtained visas to bring cooks from Thailand and then compelled them to work long hours with minimal pay […]
Removal of disputed Los Angeles school mural put on hold
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid growing objections, the Los Angeles Unified School District has paused plans to paint over a campus mural of actress Ava Gardner that Koreatown activists contend […]
Seattle firm sues federal government for denying H-1B visa
By StaffNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — Architecture firm, MG2 Corp., is suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in federal court over the agency’s decision to deny a work visa […]
Vehicular homicide suspect caught at Canada border crossing
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a Kent man was arrested at the Canadian border on a warrant stemming from a seven-vehicle crash in 2017 that killed one person. The […]
Bipartisan bill to honor Chinese American WWII vets signed
By StaffNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On Dec. 20, President Trump signed into law the Chinese American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act — giving Chinese Americans who served in […]
US sportswear traced to factory in China’s internment camps
By DAKE KANG, MARTHA MENDOZA and YANAN WANG Associated Press HOTAN, China (AP) — Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, […]
‘Aquaman’ a visual feast for the eyes, just don’t think too hard and you’ll be fine
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Visuals + action rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Story + dialogue rating: ⭐ I have two ratings for “Aquaman” because I was legitimately entertained and found this […]
‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ sequel confirmed
Netflix confirmed on Dec. 19 that it is moving ahead with a sequel to the romantic comedy “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” The sequel to the breakout hit […]