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It could cost half million dollars to remove toilet-y trolley stop By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
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SEATTLE — Rampant drinking, urinating, defecating, IV drug use, crack and meth pipe smoking — those are among the complaints from people who work and commute around a decommissioned trolley stop on 5th Avenue and Jackson Street in the Chinatown–International District. Now, Sound Transit wants to get rid of the trolley stop. Spokeswoman Kimberly Reason said that on Sept. 27, the Sound Transit Board approved to pay $56,000 to David Evans and Associates to survey, design, and engineer the removal of the station, and to restore the curb line. Sound Transit, the City of Seattle, and King County Metro are contributing $10 million each to a $30 million collaborative project for improving mobility in downtown Seattle and in the region. see TROLLEY on 15
The Jackson Street trolley stop has been a messy nuisance for community members, attracting criminal activity and creating unsanitary conditions. Sound Transit is exploring the removal of this stop.
County wants more accountability in use of deadly force Inquest process to be reformed, Tommy Le case affected By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — King County Executive Dow Constantine signed an executive order on Oct. 3, making substantial reforms to the county’s inquest process for reviewing incidents involving use of deadly force by police. The changes are intended to increase accountability and transparency. Currently, there are nine pending inquests, including the shooting death of Tommy Le — the teen was shot and killed just hours see LE on 6
Will robots replace SESEC addresses Southeast Seattle’s education disparities human labor? Expert explains By Sam Le NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
Despite the overwhelming economic growth Seattle has experienced after the recession of 2008, the divergence of Seattle’s richest and poorest neighborhoods have grown drastically. The difference in economic growth, capital investments, and community development have left Southeast
Photo by Janice Nesamani/NWAW
UN’s Nikki Haley to leave in latest Trump shake-up Dr. Kai Fu Lee discusses the future of AI and how it will affect humanity.
By Zeke Miller, Deb Riechmann and Jonathan Lemire
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
AmazonGo and its technology that watches and checks us out as we shop, is our first nudge into a world where artificial intelligence (AI) replaces a routine human job. It is this world, in which machines capable of learning and repeating repetitive human actions, that AI researcher, businessman,
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the latest shakeup for President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley abruptly announced on Oct. 9 she is resigning at the end of the year,
see AI WAVE on 16
see HALEY on 15
Amazon opened its first cashierless store in Seattle in January 2018, and by the end of 2021, the company announced plans for 3,000 stores across the United States, sending the retail world scrambling. For many,
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Seattle lagging behind, especially within the realm of education and opportunities for students. Now, the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition (SESEC) aims to improve the schools in the area so all students succeed and families are empowered. SESEC is a coalition that represents communitybased organizations, local educators, schools, see SESEC on 12
AT THE MOVIES Musings on life and birth in Taiwanese film »7
PICTORIAL Political candidates meet with local ethnic media » 9
FOOD What I ate for dinner to cure myself from gluttony » 10 Nikki Haley
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