Vanessa Lee of Bellevue took the title of 1st Princess at the 2022 Thunder Valley Casino Resort Miss Chinatown USA Pageant on Feb. 12 in San Francisco. Lee was also […]
Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in Bay Area
The 2022 Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade will be held on Feb. 19, with over 100 parade floats participating. The parade in San Francisco is one of the top […]
Upcoming new senior housing in Tacoma
Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and the Asian Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) are partnering to build 78 affordable apartments for seniors in Tacoma’s Lincoln District, at 701 South 38 Street. […]
Friends of Mukai seeks to restore fruit barreling plant
The Friends of Mukai, a nonprofit group based on Vashon Island committed to the operation of the Mukai Farm & Garden, is launching a campaign to restore and bring new […]
Frill Clothing, featured on Shark Tank, receives Comcast RISE grant
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Indian American husband and wife duo, Suresh and Sudh Iyer, ventured into the ecommerce space and in the latter part of 2016, they acquired […]
“Alternative Facts”: Racism yesterday, racism today, activism always
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The year was 1992. I was a managing editor at my college newspaper. We somehow managed to lose the announcements for the 50th anniversary […]
Man injured in CID shooting
Police are investigating after a man was wounded in a shooting in the Chinatown-International District (CID) on Feb. 10. At 6:31 p.m., police responded to the intersection of 12th Avenue […]
CID transit hub considered
Community members pushed for their favored solution on a new transit hub in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), at a Feb. 15 Sound Transit meeting. Paul Wu, a semi-retired architect and […]
Proposed law offers offenders serving long sentences a chance for freedom
By Juan Morfin Washington State Journal Incarcerated individuals who serve 15, 20, or 25 years of total confinement would have the opportunity to apply for a conditional commutation under a […]
For Asian American women, Olympics reveal a harsh duality
By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Across two pandemic Olympics set in Asian countries, Asian American women fronting the Games have encountered a whiplashing duality—prized on the global […]