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Asian American Studies Center to create free resource for high school teachers
$10 million from Calif. budget will fund efforts to bring experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders into classrooms Key takeaways: • Fills a need. Fifty-eight percent of Americans were unable to name a prominent Asian American. • Customizable lessons. Chapters will be designed for a single class period or a week-long series. • Project […]
Cops: Suspects in attack on elderly woman are ages 11 to 18
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —Three children ages 11, 13, and 14 and an 18-year-old beat and robbed a 70-year-old Asian woman last month inside her San Francisco apartment building and two of them have been arrested, police said Aug. 15. The woman was outside her Chinatown building when the suspects approached her on July 31 and […]
S.F. Supervisor names man suspected of assaulting immigrant rights commissioner Gregory Chew
San Francisco Police arrested a man they believe attacked former city film, arts, and immigrant rights commissioner Gregory Chew, who was assaulted the evening of Aug. 2 near 3rd and Folsom streets. According to the office of Supervisor Matt Dorsey — in whose District 6 Chew resides — police arrested 34-year-old Derrick Yearby of San […]
California chief justice won’t seek a second 12-year term
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court’s chief justice said July 27 that she will not seek a second 12-year term in November and will conclude her current term of office on January 1. The announcement by Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye will give Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, his third opportunity to appoint […]
New Nikkei head of Legal Services for Children hopes to help families in need
Working with youth has always been a priority for Cathy Sakimura, a Sansei lawyer from Hawai‘i. In her new position as executive director of Legal Services for Children, she leads the San Francisco-based nonprofit, which represents children and families with children, ensuring their access to education and stable living situations. The center also represents clients […]
In Sports
10-year-old Japanese golfer closing in on 12th sponsor
EL CAJON, Calif. — Miroku Suto of Japan looks like a professional golfer with logos of 11 sponsors splashed across her polo shirt, cap, bag and even her belt. Her parents say the deals are worth in the mid-six figures annually, with some contracts for 10 years. A 12th sponsorship is waiting when she returns […]
In Travel
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series. Last September, Rev. Ken Yamada, the former minister of Berkeley Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, and Rev. Jerry Hirano, minister of Salt Lake City Buddhist Temple, spent 36 days driving through the 48 contiguous states in an RV, racking up more than 13,000 miles. To view […]
In Books
Inmates’ historical narratives for the layperson
REMEMBERING OUR GRANDFATHERS’ EXILE: US IMPRISONMENT OF HAWAI‘I’S JAPANESE IN WORLD WAR II By Gail Y. Okawa (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2020, 272 pp., $26, paperback) Back in 1980, very little had been written about the World War II imprisonment experience of more than 5,500 Japanese American aliens (Issei) within the hodgepodge of 24 […]
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January 21, 2021 By AKEMI YAMANE INA