If you flip through the channels during the 5 o’clock news every evening, you will see that the faces of Seattle television news broadcasters has changed. Twenty years ago, the female anchors on the weeknight 5 o’clock newscasts on KIRO 7 (Susan Hutchison), KOMO 4 (Kathi Goertzen), and KING 5 (Jean Enersen) were all blonde […]
Lions and lettuce at the Wing — Lunar New Year celebration kicks off at Wing Luke Museum
By Shane McMahon Northwest Asian Weekly As a crowd gathered on King Street, lettuce and firecrackers hung from the front of a building, two pairs of children in lion costumes prepared to dance, and the celebration of the Year of the Sheep was ready to start. On Feb. 7 the Wing Luke Museum provided Seattle’s […]
KIRO news anchor married
Monique Ming Laven, award-winning news anchor for KIRO 7, married James Sido, public relations manager at Downtown Seattle Association, on Aug. 9, 2013, at Parsons Garden on Queen Anne Hill, followed by a reception at Within SoDo. (end)
Mayor, Council candidates respond to API concerns
By Travis Quezon Northwest Asian Weekly More than two hundred people gathered at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) building in South Seattle Friday night for the API Candidates Forum, a historic collaboration of 15 organizations to bring API concerns straight to electoral candidates.