Initiative 1366 — NO Initiative 1401 — YES Advisory Vote No. 10 — Maintained Advisory Vote No. 11 — Maintained Advisory Vote No. 12 — Maintained Advisory Vote No. 13 — Maintained King County Charter Amendment No. 1 — NO Proposition No. 1 — APPROVED Assessor: Lloyd Hara Director of Elections: Julie Wise or […]
Maj. Gen. Nagata steps down
Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata is stepping down as commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East. He was responsible for a program that trained approximately a few dozen fighters assigned to train and equip Syrian rebels. Nagata served in Special Operations for more than two years. According to The New York Times, […]
SAFF festival announces new appointees
The South Asian American Film Festival (SAFF) announced that the new Artist Liaison will be Adrian Alarilla. A filmmaker from Quezon City, Philippines, Adrian immigrated to Chicago in 2007 before moving to Seattle in 2010. His films have been shown at a number of festivals in the Philippines and the U.S. including SAAFF, and he […]
Edmonds CC students selected to visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Edmonds Community College students Ben Nguyen and Rebekah Waligorski have been selected to travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center Oct. 25-28 to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS). Nguyen and Waligorski were selected as two of 160 community college students from across the U.S. to be part of NCAS. Nguyen is […]
Philanthropists Jerry and Charlene Lee honored
Jerry and Charlene Lee were honored as generous supporters of research to cure breast cancer and as 2015 Outstanding Philanthropists by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Advancement, Northwest Washington. Lee, chairman of MulvannyG2 Architecture, lost his first wife, Patricia, to breast cancer. Charlene is a breast cancer survivor. The couple’s philosophy is simple: Treat everyone […]
Banking official Tran Meyers appointed VP of Team Read
Tran Meyers, Relationship Manager for Wells Fargo’s Seattle Regional Commercial Banking Office, recently became Vice President on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Team Read. The organization pairs struggling readers with trained teen reading coaches for one-on-one tutoring after school and during the summer. Team Read partners with elementary schools where more than 50 […]
India, cows and politics — With Hindu party leading India, beef grows more political
By Tim Sullivan Associated Press NEW DELHI — The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the northern Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumored to have slaughtered cows. A Hindu mob had smashed through the heavy wooden door to the man’s home, then beat him to […]
Bonsai! A growing movement in U.S.
By Randy Essex Post Independent GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — This is a story of how two Glenwood Springs High School grads and Mr. Miyagi (yes, from “The Karate Kid”) have changed bonsai in the United States from a hobby to a rising art and industry. The Artisans Cup, the first U.S. bonsai exhibition of […]
“Stop this band, stop this show, Viet Cong has got to go.”
By Nodyia Fedrick Northwest Asian Weekly These words chanted by dozens, filled the air Friday night during the protest against Canadian-punk band Viet Cong who performed at Neumos in Seattle. “This is a band named after a communist regime that raped and tortured people,” said Tony Vo, one of the protest’s organizers who wanted the […]
Watch out — App cofounder speaks of women’s safety
By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly Do women feel safe in public spaces? Kalpana Viswanath, cofounder of Safetipin, addressed the safety of women in her presentation “Building Gender Inclusive Cities” on Mon, Oct. 12 at University of Washington to an all-female audience. Viswanath, a researcher of women’s safety in cities for over 20 years, began […]