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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 – JANUARY 5

Chinese language programs link students to culture

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 Chinese roots. Now that she has two children, she has found the best way to do that is by teaching them how to speak her […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

Annual Costco chicken and toy drive

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 blessed getting so much support from friends and the community,” said Lee. He said donors and volunteers included Harry Chan, Doug Mar, Cordell Lui, Laiisha […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

Jose Antonio Vargas book deal

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 as a child, will publish his debut memoir with HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. The publication date for “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

South Asian women to watch in politics

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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.” In September, Rep. Don Young of Alaska was forced to apologize to Jayapal after addressing her as “young lady” and saying she “doesn’t know a […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

CIDBIA celebration

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 campaign to bring a new BIA proposal to this neighborhood. This proposal requires 60 percent of property owners in the district to sign a petition […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

Mayor Durkan announces police search committee members

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 best candidates for Seattle’s next police chief. Led by four co-chairs, this committee will work with a national search firm to gather and screen applications […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

Jane Kim is running for mayor of San Francisco

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 her intent to enter the 2018 mayoral race on Dec. 20, requesting nomination papers from the city’s Department of Elections. She and any other candidates […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, JANE KIM, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

Hawaii attorney general says travel ban sparks Congress run

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 announced he will run for U.S. Congress. Chin, a Democrat, seeks to replace Hawaii U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who is running for governor. Hanabusa is […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

California political trailblazer March Fong Eu dies at 95

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 Lagomarsino said that Eu died in Irvine, Calif., from complications following a fall and subsequent surgery. Eu was a trailblazer for women and Chinese Americans. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

Only hospital in Los Angeles’ Chinatown shuts down

December 31, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 that it served in recent decades. Pacific Alliance Medical Center — better known as the French Hospital — quietly closed its doors Nov. 30, the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, 2018, VOL 37 NO 1 | DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5

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