"Sesame Street" introduced its first Asian American muppet character: Ji-Young, a Korean American skateboarder. She is played by puppeteer Kathleen Kim, who says the character is representation "I did not have as a kid" and will debut in a segment dealing with anti-Asian racism.

Aloha! And congratulations on launch day to Ryan, Nuy Cho and their team in the Pacific. It's been a year of expanding local news from sea (Spectrum News Maine) to (shining) sea (Spectrum News Hawaii).

Snow in Hawaiʻi 🏔

The ⁦Honolulu Board of Water Supply⁩ has shut down the Halawa well, which supplies 20% of urban Honolulu’s water. This comes after the Navy’s water system was contaminated with petroleum products. Article by me w/ the help of the entire ⁦Spectrum News Hawaii⁩ team. spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/news…

A former media executive with a Boston accent who is now mayor of a major American city where he is focused on modernizing operations with “results-driven decisive leadership”. Meet Mayor Blangiardi.

I think there would be a lot less anxiety, anger and disappointment in the world, if we all just decided never to plan to do anything ever again.

We must end the housing shortage, or it will end us. #buildALOHA

Hawaii has reported 4,789 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the statewide total to 130,856, according to Hawaiʻi State Department of Health. specne.ws/NGB6aL 🖊Sarah

A personal message from Ewan McGregor.

Meet Inji Jeong The "Pachinko" actor opens up about portraying a strong woman and how the show is received by international audiences. Read her exclusive interview with Nuy Cho here. specne.ws/VdBk4q

It was great to meet with you, BTS_official. Thanks for all you’re doing to raise awareness around the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination. I look forward to sharing more of our conversation soon.

This new ABC show has a Korean American lead with a political family inspired by Gary Locke, the 1st Chinese American US gov. With other Asian-led broadcast shows, are we getting away from the stereotype that Asians can't be leaders? My The Associated Press story: apnews.com/article/asian-…

Congratulations Brian McInnis Kanoa Leahey on your NSMA Sports Media awards! Spectrum News Hawaii