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 Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Thunder Valley Miss Talent. Crystal Lee was crowned 2022 Miss Chinatown USA. The other winners include Miss San Francisco […]
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 10 parades in the world, according to the International Festivals & Events Association. It’s one of the few remaining night illuminated parades in North America […]
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. LIHI and APCC showcased renderings and plans for the new building at the Tet Lunar New Year’s celebration on Feb. 5. The building, designed by […]
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 activity to its historic Fruit Barreling Plant—the facility used by the Mukai family to process and pack their strawberry harvest. Interested parties are invited to […]
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 Frill Clothing, a one-stop sorority shop, most notable for their Shark Tank appearance. Part of the acquisition led them to move the company headquarters from […]
“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 of Executive Order 9066, the action from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which sent more than 100,000 Japanese Americans to relocation camps during World War II. […]
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 South and South Jackson Street for reports of a shooting. Arriving officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds and immediately began first aid. Seattle […]
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 a long-time community volunteer, urged the Sound Transit Board to consider the least impactful option for the new transit station—the so-called 4th Avenue ‘Shallow’ Option […]
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 bill passed by the Washington State Senate and now being considered in the House. “This bill would establish a system in which individuals who have […]
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 stage for their medal-winning talent, buffeted by the escalating crisis of racist abuse at home. The world’s most elite and international sporting event, underscores along […]