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City Council passes over AAPI candidates for open D2 seat

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Despite Seattle’s high concentration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents, the Seattle City Council (SCC) on Monday passed over the two AAPI finalists in the running for appointment to the at-large District 2 seat, which encompasses the Chinatown-International District (CID).

Defacement of Japanese American mural a “gutpunch”

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In the wee hours, sometime between Sunday, Jan. 19 and Monday, Jan. 20, vandals destroyed a historic Wing Luke Museum mural in Nihonmachi Alley, splashing black paint across the artwork depicting Japanese American history.

D2 candidates discuss Sound Transit in the CID, crime along 12th and Jackson at public forum

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Candidates looking to fill the Seattle City Council (SCC)’s open District 2 seat fielded questions about why they should be chosen to be appointed to the Seattle City Council, during Tuesday night’s public forum.

Five indicted in CID, encampments drug bust, following wiretap

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Five Seattle-area men have been federally charged for drug activity in the Chinatown-International District (CID) and the so-called “Jungle,” a homeless encampment underneath I-5, after they were allegedly heard plotting violence and drug running on an investigation-related wiretap, according to a Jan. 15 Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.

Former Councilmember Woo leads call for increased resources to Little Saigon following Navigation Center move delay

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A recent announcement that the Navigation Center, a homeless shelter in Seattle’s Little Saigon owned and operated by the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), will not relocate in January, as previously planned, has spurred former Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo to start a petition calling for the City of Seattle, King County, and Washington’s legislature to support revitalization of Little Saigon.