January 2010
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Support Grows for Ethnic Studies in SF High Schools
January 21, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
On Jan. 12, dozens of teachers, students, parents, professors and community organizers gathered at the San Francisco Unified School District’s board of education meeting in support of a proposal that […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Carnegie “Carney” Ouye Sr.
January 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
OUYE SR., CARNEGIE “CARNEY,” was born on February 11, 1921, in Acampo, Calif. He passed away on December 20, 2009, at age 88, in Sacramento, Calif. He was preceded in […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Yoneko Yasuda Shimizu
January 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
SHIMIZU, YONEKO YASUDA, 96, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She is survived by her daughter Grace and her sister Shisuko Kurosawa. […] READ MORE
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San Jose Japantown Building Made Historic Landmark
January 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
SAN JOSE — The San Jose City Council on Jan. 12 voted unanimously to designate a restaurant building a historic landmark in the city’s Japantown District. The Historic Landmarks Commission […] READ MORE
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Kimochi’s Development Director Sandy Mori Retires
January 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Nearly four decades after helping to co-found one of San Francisco Japantown’s well-known nonprofits, Sandy Ouye Mori has retired from her position as Kimochi, Inc.’s development director. Mori, whose retirement […] READ MORE
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Obama Honors Two Japanese American Teachers
January 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Two Japanese American teachers from Hawai‘i were recently honored by President Barack Obama at the White House with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Liane Tanigawa and […] READ MORE
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Seniors Connect to Community Through Art
January 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
On the lower level of the San Francisco Main Public Library, 90 pieces of the art — ranging in subject from portraits of the President and playful renditions of animals […] READ MORE
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Landmark Salinas Cafe to Reopen as Asian Cultural Center
January 7, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
SALINAS, Calif. — The Republic Cafe in Salinas was once a bustling restaurant in Chinatown, which served as a central gathering place, for the city’s Japanese, Chinese and Filipino communities. […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Jack Hirose
January 7, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Jack Hirose, a generous community philanthropist and pioneering Japanese American certified public accountant, passed away peacefully on Christmas morning, 2009. He was 86. Hirose was born on Feb. 10, 1923, […] READ MORE
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PARTING SHOTS: Ranko Yamada, Catalyst of the Free Chol Soo Lee Movement
January 1, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
CATALYST OF A MOVEMENT — (Left to right): Ranko Yamada, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and journalist K.W. Lee at a 2002 reunion. photo courtesy of K.W. Lee […] READ MORE
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