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CID Night Market thriving with continued Amazon support

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From bingsu to flame-torched bone marrow, hand-crafted jewelry and crocheted mini plushies, and a larger-than-life Labubu available for selfies, this year’s Chinatown-International District (CID)’s Night Market in Seattle saw 100-plus vendors selling their wares, plus feeding and entertaining visitors on Sept. 27.

Few retail theft cases filed in the CID

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New data from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office (KCPAO) shows that of the several hundred retail theft cases filed with the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) West Precinct since 2023, just a handful of filed cases are from called-in incidents from the Chinatown-International District (CID).

Eddie Lin and Adonis Duckworth talk affordable housing, surveillance cameras in the CID

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Seattle City Council (SCC) District 2 candidates Eddie Lin and Adonis Ducksworth may come from different backgrounds, but both are invested in making life easier for District 2’s residents—particularly those who come from vulnerable communities—and neither thinks that the city’s current plan to put surveillance cameras around the Chinatown-International District (CID) is a good idea.

Little Saigon’s future introduced in 15-step plan

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In a renewed push to confront crime, open-air drug use, and rising instability in one of Seattle’s most historic and diverse neighborhoods, leaders from Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), Rotary Club of the Seattle International District, and former City Councilmember Tanya Woo unveiled a 15-point public safety plan during a Sept. 16 news conference at Hoa Mai Park. 

Barnes pledges data-driven, compassionate approach to Chinatown-International District’s crises     

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Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) grapples with overlapping crises: violent crime, chronic homelessness, and the constant spread of fentanyl and methamphetamine.