ABBY MERGENMEIER Capital News Service POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Ever since Beibei Sun moved to the United States to attend college, she knew she wanted to hold on to her […]
Annual Costco chicken and toy drive
A group organized by MulvannyG2 Chairman Jerry Lee donated 450 roasted chickens from Costco to the Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS) food bank on Dec. 20. “We feel so […]
Jose Antonio Vargas book deal
The Los Angeles Times reported that Jose Antonio Vargas, the Filipino Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and activist who in 2011 revealed that he unknowingly entered the United States with false documents […]
South Asian women to watch in politics
CNN named Washington state’s own Rep. Pramila Jayapal and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in a recent article titled “7 Women in Politics to Watch in 2018.” […]
CIDBIA celebration
The Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) held a party on Dec. 5 at the American Hotel, to celebrate its “halfway benchmark.” The CIDBIA is in the midst of a […]
Mayor Durkan announces police search committee members
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Dec. 22 the members of her Police Search Committee who will assist in a national search process to find the […]
Jane Kim is running for mayor of San Francisco
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SFGate reported that San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim is running to be that city’s next mayor, following the sudden death of Ed Lee. Kim signaled […]
Hawaii attorney general says travel ban sparks Congress run
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin, who has been fighting President Donald Trump’s travel ban and other policies over the past year, has […]
California political trailblazer March Fong Eu dies at 95
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — March Fong Eu, California’s first female secretary of state and former ambassador to Micronesia, died on Dec. 22 at the age of 95. Longtime spokeswoman Caren […]
Only hospital in Los Angeles’ Chinatown shuts down
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The oldest hospital in Los Angeles has shut down and laid off all its employees after more than 150 years, sending shockwaves through the Chinatown neighborhood […]