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VOL 40 NO 52 DECEMBER 25 – DECEMBER 31, 2021
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WHAT’S OPEN, CLOSED CID RESTAURANTS AND BEYOND Compiled by Rosita Chen, Haoyi Xu and Da Nguyen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
Archive photos from Northwest Asian Weekly
TOP 10 LOCAL STORIES OF 2021
A+ Hong Kong Restaurant Open Christmas Day Closed New Year’s Day Bun & Oc Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day 11 a.m.-10 p.m. (will stop serving customers at around 9:30 p.m. because the kitchen closes) Chengdu Memory Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Chengdu Taste Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Chu Minh Tofu Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dim Sum King Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Dong Thap Noodles
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Tommy Le’s family wins $5 million settlement
The King County Sheriff ’s Office (KCSO) agreed to pay $5 million for the June 14, 2017 shooting death of Tommy Le. The settlement was reached less than a month before the civil rights lawsuit was set to go to trial. Le’s family, who filed a lawsuit in 2018, was seeking $10 million in damages. Neighbors reportedly called 911 to report Le, 20, was pounding on doors and threatening them with a knife. When police officers arrived, after trying to use a taser on Le, Deputy Cesar Molina shot him three times. “Le refused commands to drop what they thought was a knife,” said sheriff ’s spokesperson Sgt. Cindi West in 2017. No knife was ever recovered, however, and a week later, KCSO revised the statement to indicate that Le had a ballpoint pen.
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Local Vietnamese Americans help Afghan refugees
The crisis in Afghanistan has reopened painful wounds for many of the country’s 2 million Vietnamese Americans. Thuy Do, a doctor in Seattle, remembers hearing how her parents sought to leave Saigon after Vietnam fell to communist rule in 1975. It took years for her family to finally get out of the country. Do and her husband, Jesse Robbins, reached out to assist Afghans fleeing their country this year. The couple has a vacant rental home and decided to offer it up to refugee
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resettlement groups, which furnished it for newly arriving Afghans in need of a place to stay.
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John Huynh murder
John Huynh, 29, a health insurance salesman and Amway entrepreneur, was murdered on April 25. He was stabbed in the heart after stopping to talk to a fellow resident of his Bothell apartment building, who had flipped him off for unknown reasons. Huynh died at the scene. Ian Williams—who didn’t know Huynh and hadn’t had any previous disputes with him—was charged with second-degree murder. Huynh’s wife and two friends were among the people who witnessed the stabbing, which was partially captured by video surveillance cameras.
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Stop AAPI hate rallies
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) activists organized several rallies against hate crimes in March, bringing hundreds of people out under the rain to demand public officials denounce racism and provide funding for community education. The turnout exceeded their expectations, with speeches from community leaders and bias crime victims. From March 19, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021, a total of 10,370 hate incidents against AAPI persons were reported to Stop AAPI Hate. Of the hate incidents reflected in this report, 4,599 occurred in 2020 (44.4%) and 5,771 occurred in 2021 (55.7%).
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Tana Lin named as federal judge & Mike Fong SBA
Closed Christmas Day Open New Year’s Day 10 a.m.8 p.m. Dough Zone
There were two significant appointments involving local leaders. On Oct. 21, the U.S. Senate confirmed civil rights attorney Tana Lin as a federal judge in Seattle. The former public defender is the first Asian American to serve as a federal judge in Washington state. And former senior deputy Seattle mayor Mike Fong was appointed as U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) director for Region 10, which includes district offices in Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day
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Closed Christmas Day New Year’s Day (undecided)
Kshama Sawant survives recall vote
King County Elections officially certified the Dec. 7 recall election, showing Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant narrowly prevailing with 50.4% voting “no” on the recall question and 49.6% casting “yes” ballots. The recall question on the ballot had cited a minor campaign finance violation that Sawant acknowledged and for which she paid a fine and her alleged leadership of a protest march to the home of Mayor Jenny Durkan, even though Durkan’s address was protected by a state confidentiality law due to her prior work as a federal prosecutor. The recall question also cited her decision to let a crowd of protesters into City Hall while it was closed due to the pandemic. see TOP 10 on 4
Fort St. George Closed Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Fortune Garden Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Fuji Sushi
Gourmet Noodle Bowl Open Christmas Day New Year’s Day (undecided) H Bistro Closed Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Happy Lamb Hot Pot Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Harbor City Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Homestyle Dim Sum Open Christmas Day & New Year’s Day See EATS on 8
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