March 2013
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OBITUARY: Lorrie Toohey and Wayne Maeda
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
TOOHEY, LORRIE, 64, on March 2, 2013 in Sacramento. Born June 26, 1948 in Eureka, Calif., she taught history for Los Rios Community College District from 1998 until 2012, mostly […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Ayako Mizono
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
MIZONO, AYAKO, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Buena Vista Manor in San Francisco Feb. 28, 2013. She was born Feb. 11, 1920. She was married to her […] READ MORE
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Nichi Bei Foundation founding board member, who helped to establish CSUS Ethnic Studies, dies
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wayne Hisashi Maeda, a founding faculty member of the California State University, Sacramento Ethnic Studies Department and founding board member of the Nichi Bei Foundation, passed away […] READ MORE
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Los Angeles event retraces redress and looks to future
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES – The Southern California Nikkei community celebrated the 25th anniversary of its historic redress victory, passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 — which provided a presidential […] READ MORE
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Bay Area DOR reflects on past and present
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
The Bay Area Day of Remembrance took place Feb. 17 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco’s Japantown. The annual gathering commemorates the nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent […] READ MORE
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Supervisor Shirakawa resigns, agrees to plead guilty to perjury, other charges
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE (Bay City News) — Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa resigned March 1 in light of a 12-count criminal complaint charging that he used more than $130,000 in […] READ MORE
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Following the Heart: An unusual transition
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
After spending a lifetime as a male, as well as a 30-year career as a criminal defense attorney, I made the decision to follow my heart and undergo gender transition. […] READ MORE
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FULL COUNT: Spring Training and World Baseball Classic under way
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
Baseball is back and that’s a good thing. The Arizona Cactus League and Florida Grapefruit League began play on Feb. 22, and the 2013 World Baseball Classic started on March […] READ MORE
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