By Amy Mitsuko Goo Exclusive to Northwest Asian Weekly Coping with a substance use disorder, and the mental illness that often accompanies it, is becoming all too common. I know […]
Chinatown International District annual holiday gift drive
Seattle — InterIm Community Development Association (InterIm CDA) partnered with Sound Transit employees to purchase, donate and distribute more than 350 blankets to local elders and 50 children’s books. InterIm […]
Summit Sierra High School student club gives to ARCS food bank
By Craig Kanaya The Little Saigon Ambassadors club at Summit Sierra High School in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District donated nearly 50 canned food donations to the Asian Counseling Resource Service (ACRS)’s […]
PICTORIAL: Welcome and Congratulations, Mayor Jenny Durkan
How to score points at your next family dinner
By Sun Lee Chang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY You have survived the Thanksgiving holidays with friends and family around a dinner table. Now, it’s time to look forward to other holidays […]
“The Last Jedi” review
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The first part of my review will have no spoilers, and I will give a warning before the spoilers start. Episode 7: The Force […]
New hope for endangered eels, Japanese delicacy
By SHERRY ZHENG Associated Press FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — The Japanese delicacy of roasted eel, braised with a tangy sauce and sprinkled with prickly mountain pepper, is in question as […]
Top 10 reads of 2017
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Well readers, we survived 2017. And with the year coming to an end, it’s a time to reflect. So here, I give you the […]
LETTER: SPD diversity dispute (Letter to Kathleen O’Toole)
Dear Kathy, I recently found out that you appointed three non-Asians to Assistant Chiefs positions. I felt blindsided and betrayed. You were aware of the Asian Pacific Islanders (API)’s community […]
LETTER: SPD diversity dispute (O’Toole responds)
Dear Frank, Wow, that’s really hurtful. I don’t know how people can go from being great pals one day, to a message like this overnight. It really saddens me. I’m […]