Top Five Reasons to Watch ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Feb. 4, ABC will broadcast a two-episode premiere of a new situation comedy called “Fresh Off the Boat.” Inspired by chef/restaurateur Eddie Huang’s bestselling memoir of the...
View ArticleJACL Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Disparate Impact Claims Under Fair Housing...
WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a key anti-discrimination standard within the Fair Housing Act. The Supreme Court heard arguments Jan. 21...
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From left, Kyle Woosley, director of the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce, Kenji Sekiguchi, president of Marukai Corporation, Hidehisa Horinouchi, consul general of Japan, and his wife Sabine Horinouchi...
View ArticleReturn to Kansai
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS, Rafu Travel & Life Editor Hirokazu Kurihara couldn’t wait to make the announcement official on Thursday, rushing to the lectern when his name was called. “It’s been a long...
View ArticleDOR 2015: ‘E.O. 9066 and the [In]Justice System Today’
The 2015 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance program will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. (at First Street) in Little Tokyo. The...
View Articleコマイ会長が３期目続投：功労会員４人を表彰
東サンゲーブルバレー日系コミュニティーセンター（ＥＳＧＶＪＣＣ）は、新年度役員就任式を１月２４日、ウエストコビナの同センターで開いた。３期目続投となったフィリップ・コマイ会長以下、新役員が就任し任務の全うを誓った。初の試みとして、センターの運営で寄付や奉仕で貢献する功労会員４人を表彰した。...
View Articleシャバラム公園：梅の花が６分咲き
ローランドハイツにある「シャバラム公園」（17250 E. Colima Rd.）の梅の花が６分咲きとなり、訪れる人の目を楽しませている。公園管理者によると、今年は木によって咲き具合にばらつきがあるといい、一面満開とはならなそうだと予測している。...
View ArticleKimono Festival in Irvine on Sunday
IRVINE — The Japanese Kimono Festival will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, from 12:45 to 4:30 p.m. at the Irvine Valley College Performing Arts Center, 5500 Irvine Center Dr., Irvine. Hosted by the Rotary...
View Articleヨセミテ国立公園：入園料引き上げ
カリフォルニア州中東部のヨセミテ国立公園の入園料が、３月１日から値上げされることが分かった。 値上げされるのは入園料とキャンプ場利用料で、７日間車で出入りできる７日間パスは２０ドルから２５ドルもしくは３０ドルまで引き上げられるという。料金は季節により変動する。気候が良く、もっとも入園者が多くなるオンシーズンと呼ばれる４月から１０月の入園料は高く設定される。...
View Articleサンフランシスコ：１月の雨量ゼロ
長引く干ばつに頭を悩ませているカリフォルニア州だが、冬に雨季を迎える北カリフォルニアのサンフランシスコで、先月１月は１度も雨が降らなかったことが分かった。１月の雨量がゼロという記録は過去１６５年間ではじめて。 サンフランシスコで１月に雨が降らないというのは１８４９年のゴールドラッシュ時代以来。...
View ArticleKamida Again Dynamite at Montebello, Hits 14 Three-pointers
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Sports Editor When Kelli Kamida graduates from Mark Keppel High this June, don’t be surprised if a huge bouquet of flowers arrives from the Montebello Oilers. It will be...
View Article2015 JCCCNC Shikishi Exhibit Now on Display
SAN FRANCISCO – The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California’s annual Shikishi Exhibit, displaying the works of over 100 artists, is on view at the JCCCNC, 1840 Sutter St. in San...
View Article18 Mighty Mountain Warriors Return to Bay Area
OAKLAND — The San Francisco JACL presents the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 Ninth St. in Oakland Chinatown. Pre-show reception at...
View ArticleOne Less Mikawaya
The Mikawaya confectionery store in Gardena’s Pacific Square closed at the beginning of January. The shop dates back to the 1970s, when the shopping center was established. This closure follows the...
View ArticleDemise of an Icon
Ron Fong took this photo of construction crews demolishing the Señor Fish building Thursday afternoon in Little Tokyo. By evening there was little but rubble left of the building, which once home to...
View ArticleTHROUGH THE FIRE: Kobo Abe, ‘American Sniper,’ and Historical Fiction
By BRETT FUJIOKA Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper” is one of the reasons why I don’t take “historical” films and their critics seriously. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a fantastic film and I enjoyed it. I...
View Article南加和歌山県人会：有地会長ら役員続投
創立１０４年を迎えた南加和歌山県人会（有地敏弘会長）は１月25日、２０１５年度の新年総会ならびに親睦会をモンテベロのレストランで催した。会場には来賓や会員ら約70人が集まり、久しぶりに顔を合わせる同郷仲間と懐かしい地元の言葉を交えたあいさつを交わし、親睦を深めた。...
View ArticleCROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: What a Super Bowl and the CR2S Aftermath
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO What I don’t suffer through for these weekly visits. OMG and Heavens to Betsy, but no, I don’t need a shoulder to cry on. But aside from a Pulitzer or Nobel, shouldn’t there be...
View ArticleStaged Reading of ‘Internment’ at JANM
A staged reading of “Internment,” a television pilot written by Phinneas Kiyomura, will be held Sunday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo....
View Article‘Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp’ Author at JANM
Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey will read from and discuss her book “Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind a World War II Fence” on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National...
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