JACL Calls for Caution in Making Comparisons to Past Wars
WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League issued the following statement on April 6. =*= Yesterday on Fox News Sunday, Surgeon General and Vice Admiral Jerome Adams compared our nation’s...
View ArticleLittle Tokyo Resident Reports Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime
By TOMOKO NAGAI, Rafu Japanese Section Writer Yukiko Yamamoto, 78, who lives in Little Tokyo Towers, said she was the victim of a hate crime in early March, before the stay-at-home directive. She went...
View ArticleSenators to Facebook: Shut Down WhatsApp Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) sent a letter on April 7 calling on Facebook to...
View ArticleResident and Driver at Union Rescue Mission Dies from Coronavirus
Rafu Staff and Wire Reports Los Angeles County officials reported Thursday that another 25 county residents have died of the coronavirus, including a staff member at a homeless shelter. Gerald Shiroma,...
View ArticleFeeding Little Tokyo
Socially distancing but helping out, small business owners (from left) Hiroo Nagahara (Bao Hiroo), Brian Kito (Fugetsu-Do) James Choi (Café Dulce), Kristin Fukushima (Little Tokyo Community Council)...
View ArticleDuckworth, Warren, Hirono Call for Federal Agencies to Address...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) joined Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) on April 10 in leading a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) urging...
View ArticleWebinar on COVID-19 and Asian Americans
The American Bar Association’s Civil Rights & Social Justice Section and Stop Repeating History present a webinar entitled “COVID-19: Threats to Democracy and to Public Safety Through the Lens of...
View ArticleFeinstein Statement on Rise of Hate Crimes Related to Coronavirus Racism
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on April 15 released the following statement on the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans as a result of coronavirus-related racism. A recent report...
View ArticlePaying the Good Fortune Forward
By BRITTANY KO and ANNAKAI HAYAKAWA GESHLIDER Susan Park plans to order at least $100 per day from Fugetsu-Do, starting this week. “It’s a pay-it-back, 45 years later,” she said. From 1975-79, the...
View ArticleCoronavirus Virtual Town Hall
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) will host a Virtual Town Hall, a livestreamed event, on Thursday, April 16, at 2 p.m. on his Facebook page. He will be joined by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and...
View ArticleMore Data Needed on Minority COVID-19 Impacts
By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor An update by Ethnic Media Services on April 8 stressed the lack of information on impacts on COVID-19 on minority communities. In figures released by L.A. County on...
View ArticleTesting Expands to Local Urgent Care Sites
By ELLEN ENDO, Rafu Shimpo With the number of deaths and new cases from the COVID-19 coronavirus continuing to tell a devastating story, focus is turning to testing, which is seen as the next frontier...
View ArticleQuiet Weekend in Pacific Square
Pacific Square in Gardena, normally bustling with activity, is quieter these days, but most of the busineses remain open with eating establishments doing takeout only. Fukagawa Restaurant, which was...
View ArticleEffects of the ‘Stay at Home’ Mandate
Only a month ago, our lives were busy, going to birthday parties, celebrating anniversaries, attending weddings, watching sporting events, etc. Then the world stopped, the “Stay at Home” mandate was...
View ArticleL.A. County Nursing Homes Hot Zones for Coronavirus Contagion
Rafu Wire and Staff Reports Well over half of the skilled nursing facilities identified by California officials as having experienced one or more cases of COVID-19 are in Los Angeles County. Of the 261...
View ArticleGardena Is Committed to Community
By RODNEY TANAKA, Gardena City Council As I was taking my morning neighborhood walk, the absence of traffic, people and the sheer silence of the morning reminded me how seriously the COVID-19 pandemic...
View ArticleUpdates on COVID-19 Situation at Kei-Ai Facilities
In recent messages to families of residents, the administrators of Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center in Lincoln Heights and Kei-Ai South Bay Healthcare Center in Gardena have provided updates on the...
View ArticleVirtual Live Talk: The Japanese Hospital in Los Angeles
The Japanese American National Museum will present a virtual live talk, “The Japanese Hospital in Los Angeles: Reflections on a Hospital for All,” on Saturday, April 25, from 2 to 3 p.m. PDT. In the...
View ArticleTrump Appears to Confuse Chinatown with China in Attack on Pelosi
President Trump’s criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) over her recent visit to San Francisco Chinatown has angered Asian American leaders already dealing with anti-Asian hate...
View ArticleDowntown Drive-By Protest
Several dozen protesters in vehicles waved American flags and displayed signs on Wednesday as they drove past Los Angeles City Hall at noon as part of Operation Gridlock. Organizers said the protest...
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