メトロリンクが脱線事故：大型トラックと衝突
ベンチュラ郡オックスナード市で２４日早朝、南カリフォルニア地域鉄道局（ＳＣＲＲＡ）の通勤列車「メトロリンク」と大型トラックが衝突する事故が発生し列車が脱線。２８人が負傷した。 ベンチュラ郡消防局によると脱線事故は同日午前５時４５分頃、同市East 5th Street と South Rice...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: A Request from the Topaz Museum
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Jan. 31, 2015) If I penned my email address, HorsesMouth2000@hotmail.com, to fill a page, how many times would I have to pound it out? Heh, heh. Shall we try? Okay, here...
View ArticleMAGGIE’S MEOW: Here and There
By MAGGIE ISHINO I lived in Washington, D.C., for almost three years, visited the World’s Fair in New York City in the early ’60s, had a two-week vacation to Mexico and a day “visit” to Acapulco, (a...
View ArticleKeiro Offers Courses on Memory, Chronic Disease Self-Management
Self-management is the key to healthy “genki” living. In a small and lively interactive classroom environment, evidence-based programs that have been tested and proven to be effective will give you...
View ArticleGardena Cymbidium Show This Weekend
By RYOKO OHNISHI, Rafu Contributor GARDENA — The South Bay hobbyist group Gardena Cymbidium Club (GCC) is hosting its 28th annual Cymbidium Orchid Show at the Nakaoka Community Center, 1670 W. 162nd...
View Article‘Big Hero 6’ Is Big Winner at VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society, the industry’s global professional honorary society, on Feb. 4 held the 13th annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects...
View Article小田和男さんが新会長に：「故郷との交流」に意欲
南加の県人会で最古の歴史を誇り昨年、創立１１５周年記念式典を開いて盛大に祝った南加鹿児島県人会は７日夜、ガーデナの中華料理店で２０１５年度総会と新年親睦会を催した。会長に頴娃（えい）町（現南九州市）出身の小田和男さんが新任され「故郷との交流」に意欲を示した。参加者９６人が新会長と新役員の門出を祝い、親睦を深めた。...
View ArticleGirls in Elevators, Girls on the Radio
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER Online Editor In 1941, Iva Toguri was a 25-year-old UCLA graduate visiting family in Japan. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, she found herself stuck in Tokyo, speaking little...
View Article脱線事故：大型トラックの運転手逮捕
ベンチュラ郡オックスナード市で２４日に発生したメトロリンク脱線事故で、列車に衝突し事故を引き起こしたとされる大型トラックの運転手ホセ・アレハンドロ・サンチェス・ラミレス容疑者（５５）が、あて逃げなどの容疑で逮捕された。 同容疑者はアリゾナ州ユマ在住で、商業用の目的で使われる運転免許証を所持していた。過去に酒気帯び運転の前科があることが分かっている。...
View Article加州：プラスチックバッグ禁止法、住民投票へ
カリフォルニア州で昨年成立し、今年７月１日から施行予定だった買い物用プラスチックバッグ（日本での通称ビニール袋）禁止法の延期が２４日に決まり、２０１６年１１月８日に行われる住民投票にかけられることになった。 同禁止法案は昨年９月初旬に加州議会を通過し、同月３０日にジェリー・ブラウン知事が署名。加州はプラスチックバックの配布を禁止する全米初の州となった。...
View ArticleRep. Schiff to Receive JAVA Award
WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena will receive the Japanese American Veterans Association’s (JAVA) Courage, Honor, Patriotism Award at its spring quarterly luncheon at Harvest Moon Restaurant...
View ArticleOkinawan Documentary Screening in Gardena
GARDENA — On Saturday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon, the Okinawa Association of America (OAA) will host a free screening of Chie Mikami’s documentary “The Targeted Village” at the OAA Center in...
View Article‘Hello!’ Contemporary Artists to Speak
A panel discussion of exhibiting artists from the contemporary art section “Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty” will be held Saturday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American...
View ArticleYokoyama Running for Cerritos City Council
CERRITOS – Businessman/attorney/sports coach Frank Aurelio Yokoyama is one of the ten candidates competing for the three open seats on the Cerritos City Council in the March 3 election. Also in the...
View ArticleBack for Another Spin
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Arts & Entertainment Editor He wasn’t going anywhere, even if he wanted, so Peter Kuo had plenty of time to discuss his return to Los Angeles. Soaking up the sun at an...
View ArticleJapanese Astronaut to Speak at Onizuka Space Science Day
TORRANCE — El Camino College welcomes Japanese astronaut Dr. Koichi Wakata to Space Science Day 2015, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, at the college’s planetarium and science...
View ArticleCROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Forget Oh–Bah–Mah, We Have ‘Oh–Bah–Keh’
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO #WTHneedshelp. OMG. @elakrh. Wowzus! Can you imagine CR2S ever being wordless! Speechless, yes, but drawing a blank at the keyboard? I mean, hey, can pigs fly? = * = Crossroads to...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Pivotal Beginnings and Ends for Many TV Shows Featuring...
By GUY AOKI February has proven to be a significant month for many television series with Asian American regulars. Of course, on the 4th, Asian American family sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” debuted and...
View ArticleKurosawa at the Crest
The Crest Theatre, 1262 Westwood Blvd. in Los Angeles, will screen a series of films by legendary director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998). The schedule is as follows: Sunday, March 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.:...
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