About 40 people gathered at the Danny Woo Garden on July 17, to pay respects to Bill Lee at his celebration of life. Lee was a long-time volunteer at the […]
Morikawa wins British Open for 2nd major
Collin Morikawa, 24, won the British Open golf tournament on July 18, becoming the first men’s golfer to win two major tournaments in his debuts. Morikawa, of Japanese and Chinese […]
Bellevue’s police chief leaving for Ohio
Bellevue’s police chief announced earlier this month that he is leaving the department and accepted the chief position with the city of Akron, Ohio. Steve Mylett has served as Bellevue’s […]
Aaron Zhang wins national composing award
A composition, “Interstellar Clouds,” by Aaron Zhang, a sophomore at Lakeside School, won first place in the state and then second place in his class nationally in the National Federation […]
Julie Su confirmed as deputy labor secretary
California Labor Secretary Julie Su, who led the state’s unemployment agency during the COVID-19 pandemic, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the deputy secretary of the federal Labor […]
Cantwell met with Seattle minority-owned business owners
Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo held a roundtable discussion earlier this month with Asian American and other minority-owned small business leaders and entrepreneurs from across Washington, who shared their experiences with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA).
$10.4 M to community organizations focused on BIPOC safety
SEATTLE — Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Seattle Human Services Department announced awardees on July 21 of the 2021 Community Safety Capacity Building RFP. The City is providing $10.4 million […]
Under-fire Olympic composer steps down over past bullying
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP)— Keigo Oyamada, a Japanese composer working on the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, resigned on July 19 after coming under fire […]
IOC’s Bach slips up and refers to Japanese as ‘Chinese’
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on July 13 for the […]
Asian man pistol-whipped, robbed in San Francisco Bay Area
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An armed robber in the San Francisco Bay Area pistol-whipped an Asian man and a person who tried to intervene in what police described as a […]