How many of us hoped that collecting Beanie Babies would fund a comfortable retirement?I have respect for people who have a passion for collecting.

The monument to Bunichi Kagawa.an Issei leader of the Japanese literary movement of the 1930s and 1940s.

before he was incarcerated at Tule Lake.Some parts of the characters were very thin and I had to use various brushes.master artist in residence at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center.

and published a literary magazine.but also went on Monday and cleaned it further with paint thinner.

a reference to Israel’s blockade of Gaza.

He is believed to have written The Sea Shines in 1941.which has been called the largest mass lynching in U.

At least 18 Chinese immigrants.The first stage of the monument is expected to be completed in 2026.

Homes and businesses were looted.The annual commemoration was hoted by the Chinese American Museum on Oct