a mixed plate of Japanese American news and culture
A long row of cows is crowded at a gate, their heads straining through the metal as if desperately reaching for food. All of them are dead. For Dr. Shigeki Imamoto, a veterinarian who travels to Fukushima Prefecture to save animals in communities devastated by last year’s disaster, this was not an uncommon sight. In [...]
The family of a San Francisco dementia patient who died last year filed a wrongful death suit against transit agencies responsible for his transportation and his conservator for what they call elder abuse and negligence. San Francisco attorney Ingrid Evans announced the litigation in a news conference on Feb. 8 with members of Kenneth Chin’s [...]
On Feb. 19, 1942, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, setting the wheels in motion for one of the largest violations of civil liberties in the country’s history. The forced exclusion of those of Japanese descent from the West Coast — most of whom were American citizens — and their mass incarceration in [...]
Concerned members of the Japantown community and those of neighborhoods surrounding the ethnic enclave met on Feb. 3 to discuss the potential redistricting boundaries of San Francisco’s voting districts. One of the proposals suggested drawing a boundary that would result in the area north of Geary Boulevard leaving Japantown’s District 5 for District 2, which [...]
Monday, Feb. 20 Union Bank Hospitality Room, Japan Center East Mall, S.F. Japantown Admission: FREE (donations welcome) Seating limited More info on Day of Remembrance: www.dayofremembrance.org A one-day film series held in conjunction with the Bay Area Day of Remembrance on Feb. 19, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which [...]
The University of California, Los Angeles plans to sell its Hannah Carter Japanese Garden and the adjoining home to raise money for endowments, the institution announced in a statement issued in November of last year. The property, which is located a mile from the campus, in Bel Air, was a gift from Edward Carter, then [...]
Have the days when students learned about Japanese American history through textbooks gone by the wayside? As consumers latch on to the latest tech gadgets, some companies are using digital media to teach about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. From iPhone applications to video games, the emerging trend signals the innovative [...]
A video taken of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s wife shows her crying and pointing to a bruise on her arm that allegedly occurred during an argument on New Year’s Eve, and she alludes to possible prior domestic violence incidents from earlier last year, according to court documents. Mirkarimi was set to be arraigned on [...]
LOS ANGELES — Joe Buscaino, an officer of the Los Angeles Police Department, beat state Assemblyman Warren Furutani in a two-person run-off for a vacant city council seat on Jan. 17, garnering 60.69 percent of the vote with a lead of more than 3,000 votes, according to unofficial Los Angeles County results. The Los Angeles [...]
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee held a roundtable discussion at City Hall with members of the Asian and Asian American media on Jan. 12. Lee primarily spoke about his hopes that future investments in the city will lead to job creation and economic development — a prime campaign promise from the election, and a point [...]
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