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Send us Fan Mail The Chino, Matt Chan passed away on Saturday, March 30. Cancer took his life. His spirit and a legacy of family, community and friendship remain strong.  The Chicano, Enrique Cerna remembers his best friend and how his full life brought joy, humor, love and strength that will never be forgotten.  Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-peop...

Send us Fan Mail As a college student at Vassar, Rick Shenkman was a fervent supporter of Richard Nixon. As the Watergate scandal unfolded,  Shenkman was unwavering in his defense of Nixon. He was a poster boy for cognitive dissonance, unwilling to admit he was wrong about Nixon.  But the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in the infamous Saturday Night Massacre was a turning point for the...

Send us Fan Mail UNFILTERED features Enrique Cerna, Matt Chan, Debora Juarez and Omari Salisbury. The four weigh in with candid insights and opinions on local, regional, national news affecting our lives. UNFILTERED is a co-production of Chino Y Chicano and Converge Media. On this premiere episode, we talk public safety as Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell holds the first  of what he says will be a seri...

Send us Fan Mail   The Chino Y Chicano mark National Sunshine Week, a time to shine a light on the importance of public records and open government.  But according to Mike Fancher, retired Seattle Times executive editor and currently the president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government that sunshine is lacking especially in our state legislature. The independent, non-profit, non-partisan...

Send us Fan Mail Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa joins the Chino Y Chicano. Maria talks about her upcoming visit to Washington State University’s Pullman campus where she will be honored with the Edward R.Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award  from the Murrow College of Communication.  She will receive the award and give the keynote address at the 48th Annual Murrow Symposium. Maria i...

Send us Fan Mail Washington state Senator Nikki Torres joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about her proposed legislation to help DACA recipients. Senate bill 5631 would require state agencies to clearly identify programs and services that accepts applicants with federal Deferred Action for Childhood status. Torres is a Republican representing the 15th legislative district which includes parts of Ya...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Matt talks about the recent struggles of his cancer fight. Enrique speaks out about his anger and frustration of having his car stolen. Also, the Chino Y Chicano weigh in on Amazon helping to revive the Chinatown-International District Night Market. Plus, the pressure on Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to produce results now that he has a City Council more open workin...

Send us Fan Mail  The Chino Y Chicano meet at the Converge Media Studio for a conversation about the public forum featuring the eight finalists for Seattle City Council position 8.  The city wide council seat is vacant after Teresa Mosqueda was elected to the King County Council. The city council will decide who will fill the post on Tuesday, January 23. We look at the forum, the finalists and the...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, the Chino, Matt Chan updates us on his cancer fight.  The latest news is concerning. Matt talks candidly about what he now faces.  Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-us Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/...

Send us Fan Mail Washington State Senator Joe Nguyen joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the critical issues facing lawmakers in the 2024 legislative session. Nguyen is a Democrat. He was elected to the state senate in 2019. He  represents the 34th District which includes White Center, West Seattle, Vashon Island, and part of Burien.  Nguyen is chair of the Senate Environment, Energy & Tec...

Send us Fan Mail Washington Congressman Adam Smith joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about his struggle with chronic pain, anxiety and depression. Smith has represented Washington state’s 9th Congressional District for 26 years. He details his physical and mental health challenges in his book Lost and Broken: My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety.  Smith also weighs in on today’s...

Send us Fan Mail Since 2007, Jaime Mendez has anchored the only locally produced Spanish language television newscast on KUNS, the Seattle Univision affiliate. KUNS is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group which also owns KOMO television in Seattle.  Sinclair has decided to drop the Seattle Univision affiliation beginning January 1, 2024.  To fill the Spanish language news void in the Puget Sound...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan is a longtime Israeli human rights lawyer who is currently teaching and lecturing at the University of Washington. She is an expert on Israel and Palestine. Ben-Natan joins  the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the Israel-Hamas war. She provides important context in understanding the current conflict and the tensions it has raised around the world.  Read: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Marilyn Strickland represents Washington’s 10th Congressional District. She was sworn into office on January 3rd, 2021. Three days later Trump supporters attacked the United State’s Capitol. Strickland joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the dysfunction in Congress, the Trump threat to democracy and the continuing challenge to voter rights. Read: https://southseattleemerald.or...

Send us Fan Mail Lahaina homeowner Shirley Enebrad updates the Chino Y Chicano on the aftermath of the Maui wildfires that destroyed her home, and took the lives of more than 100 people including one of Enebrad’s tenants. Enebrad returned to Maui in October to survey what was left of her home, and to help family and friends still dealing with the trauma of the fires.  Read: https://southseattleeme...

Send us Fan Mail Retired KING 5 Anchor/Reporter Lori Matsukawa joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about her children's book Brave Mrs. Sato. It is a fascinating story of picture brides, Japanese culture, Lori's family history and her childhood in Hawaii.  About the author (2023) Emmy award winning journalist Lori Matsukawa tells a charming tale based on two real-life women who inspired he...

Send us Fan Mail Victoria Beach, chair of the Seattle Police Department’s African American Community Advisory Council joins the Chino Y Chicano with some blunt talk about the recent city council election, police staffing and relations, gun violence in Seattle, and the direction of the city.   Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingt...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in a farmworker family in Mattawa, Washington, Jose Iñiguez became enamored with opera. He dreamed of one day becoming an opera singer in spite of his father’s misgivings. Today he is living his dream and heading up Encanto Arts, a non-profit that promotes the arts in underserved rural communities. Iñiguez joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about his unconventional appro...

Send us Fan Mail The Chino Y Chicano podcast marks its 100th episode as it joins the Converge Media program line up. Converge Media is a leading producer of culturally relevant content in the Pacific Northwest. On this 100th episode, we focus on the disturbing increase in gun violence in Seattle with Marty Jackson. Jackson is the executive director of the Southeast Network Safety Program, a violen...

Send us Fan Mail It took 17 minutes for a wildfire to destroy the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui.  Shirley Enebrad and her husband lost their home in the fire,  and a close friend is still among the missing. Shirley is a former Seattle television producer, an author and grief counselor. She joins the Chino Y Chicano to detail how her daughters were able to escape the fire that took...

Send us Fan Mail Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about crime and gun violence. There has been a spike in shooting incidents  involving stolen guns. A fatal shooting in downtown Seattle took the lives of a  pregnant woman and her unborn child, and a shooting in the Rainier Valley at a community event injured five people.  Police are seeing the use of high power we...

Send us Fan Mail Deborah Horne is an Emmy award winning television news reporter. She has worked for Seattle’s KIRO 7 News for more than 32 years. Before she became a journalist, Deborah was part of history in her hometown of Newport News, Virginia. She and others made up the largest group of Black students to integrate Newport News High School. Deborah joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about that...

Send us Fan Mail We get the latest on the Chino, Matt Chan, and the treatment he is receiving for kidney cancer. Matt was diagnosed in May, 2022. His fight against cancer has been fluid with changes in his treatment and side effects from the medications. Matt is hanging in there and hoping for the best.  Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-w...

Send us Fan Mail According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths. Even in small doses, it can be deadly.  Over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Nicole Rodin says the big concern is illegally produced fentanyl that is cheap and too easily accessib...

Send us Fan Mail Former Washington Governor Gary Locke joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the U. S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the use of race in college admissions. Locke says he benefitted from affirmative action in the late 60s when he applied to attend Yale University. Locke is a former Washington state Governor and served as Ambassador to China in the Obama Administration. He ser...