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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 – November 18

Gary Locke’s brother-in-law involved in financial scandal

November 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Geosun, a lighting manufacturer, is suing a company owned by Wade Lee, claiming that Lee’s U.S.-based company, EML Technologies, owes Geosun $11 million. Lee is the brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, Mona Locke’s brother.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, China Gary Locke, Davis Linchey, Dennis Davis, Mona Locke, San Francisco, Sina Weibo, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, Wade Lee, gary locke

Gary Locke visits his family’s ancestral village in China with his sister Rita

November 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  On Nov. 4, the U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, went back to his ancestral home, Jilong village in Taishan, a county-level city in southern China’s Guangdong province.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, China, Chinese, Rita Yoshihara, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, gary locke

Washington’s WWII Nisei veterans receive nation’s highest civilian honor

November 11, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  On Nov. 2, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined in honoring 33 World War II Japanese American veterans from Washington state with the highest civilian award in the United States.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Capitol Visitor Center, Friday Harbor, Gig Harbor, Infantry Battalion, Regimental Combat Team, Seattle, Silver Stars, United States Army, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18

Beacon Hill extension of Mountains-to-Sound trail system now open

November 11, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Oct. 29, a new multi-purpose trail on Beacon Hill was opened. The 12-foot wide, paved trail connects the I-90 trail at the south end of the Jose Rizal Bridge (12th Avenue South) with Holgate Street in Seattle’s SODO area.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Avenue South, Jose Rizal Bridge, North Beacon Hill, Puget Sound Regional Council, SODO, Seattle, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, WSDOT

LETTER: Story about LIHI’s dispute with SeaSol did not reveal all

November 11, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Editor: On Nov. 3, the Northwest Asian Weekly ran an article on the dispute between George Berumen working with the Seattle Solidarity Network, and the Low Income Housing Institute and its executive director, Sharon Lee. The article, “LIHI’s Sharon Lee and SeaSol clash over $99,” did not fully represent the position of SeaSol. 

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2011, Berumen Unit, George Berumen, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Solidarity Network, Sharon Lee, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18

Ed Lee poised to win SF’s mayoral race

November 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Beth Duff-Brown The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Ed Lee, born in Seattle and raised in Beacon Hill, held a commanding lead in the mayor’s race against a diverse slate of 15 candidates, but because he didn’t garner a majority in last Tuesday’s election, the city’s instant runoff system kicked in. Lee, a […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Alice Engstrom, Asian American, Caleb Ng, Candidate Bevan Dufty, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, City Hall, City Supervisor John Avalos, Democratic State Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Lee, Harvey Milk, Leland Yee, Public Defender Jeff Adachi, SF, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, Willie Brown

General election results

November 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly State of Washington Initiative No. 1125 (Concerning state expenditures on transportation) Yes — 48.51 percent No — 51.49 percent State of Washington Initiative No. 1163 (Concerning long-term care workers and services for elderly and disabled people) Yes — 66.34 percent No — 33.66 percent State of Washington Initiative No. 1183 […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18

Results of selected races

November 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly   King County, Assessor Lloyd Hara (ran unopposed) — 98.55 percent of the vote King County, Director of Elections Mark Green — 22.89 percent Sherril Huff — 76.62 percent King County, Council District No. 2 Larry Gossett (ran unopposed) — 98.17 percent King County, Council District No. 4 Larry Phillips […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, Bellevue City Council, Bobby Forch, Claudia Balducci, Denis Law, Dian Ferguson, Gael Tarleton, Jean Godden, John Chelminiak, King County, Larry Gossett, Larry Phillips, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peter Maier, Port of Seattle, Seattle City Council, Sharon Peaslee, Sherril Huff, Sherry Carr, Steve Sundquist, Tim Burgess, Tom Rasmussen, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18

How Asians have clashed with U.S. politics

November 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Asian Americans haven’t always been welcome in the arena of United States politics. As the nation has grown older, policies have changed and boundaries have shifted; and political fields have changed as well. This has created opportunities for Asian Americans to enter the world of United States politics, but […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Filipino, Asian Americans, Burlingame Treaty, California Gold Rush, Chinese, Civil Liberties Act, Dalip Singh Saund, Eric Shinseki, Filipino Repatriation Act, Immigration Act, John Wing, Philippines, President Ronald Reagan, South Asian, United States, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18

How to get a job when you’re from out-of-town — actually, out-of-country

November 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly The high unemployment rate — more than 9 percent — continues to be a major national problem, one that has affected a specific segment of the population more than the general population.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, IMPRINT, James Tabafunda, Jennifer Brennan, Jos Ram, National Immigrant Integration Conference, New Americans, Nikki Cicerani, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paul Feltman, Permanent Work Authorization, Seattle, Tere Wisell, United States, Upwardly Global, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, Welcome Back Initiative, World Education Services, culture, language

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