In her spare time, 15-year-old Vanessa Yamat enjoys singing at Korean karaoke houses with her friends. The teenagers dance and belt out songs from popular
Stella Chao and City of Seattle part ways — why, and what’s next?
Last Friday, Mayor Mike McGinn released a statement saying he and Stella Chao, director of the City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods
Sharon Tomiko Santos clears the record on negligent driving charge
Last Thursday, state Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, from the 37th District, pleaded guilty to negligent driving in the first degree. She received a three-month suspended sentence
Jimmy Locke: Veteran, husband, father, and businessman
Jimmy Locke, born Youh K. Locke, passed away on Jan. 5 in Seattle.
The Marshallese population continues to grow in Arkansas
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — The Marshallese migration to Northwest Arkansas can be traced to one man.
San Francisco leaders pick Asian American as mayor
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — City supervisors on Friday overwhelmingly backed City Administrator Edwin Lee to be the interim mayor
Vang Pao, Hmong guerrilla leader, dies in California
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Vang Pao, a revered former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led thousands of Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed secret army
Rise in abortions in China, young women targeted
XI’AN, China (AP) — The leaf-strewn median on Eternal Peace Road hides a grim secret. Numerous tiny fetuses lie in unmarked graves dug by women
Attention: Macy’s creates program for minority and women-owned businesses
This week, Macy’s announced the creation of a one-of-a-kind program covering the business of fashion — The Workshop at Macy’s
Which is the fairest holiday card of them all?
First place
Mei Lau and Toshi Mei