and ensuring that every Angeleno can live safely and free from hate.

and pitcher for the latter part of my career.It is still baseball time!As many of us fans from Los Angeles and San Diego recently saw in the playoffs.

and catching had Asian backgrounds.It is the American way that keeps us focused and moves us forward.known as an infamous relocation camp for confined Japanese Americans during WWII.

and many other major league teams.in the project led by Dan Kwong that has taken most of the last year.

players on the field who were batting.

Baseball is about apple pie and the spirit of camaraderie.My memories of the class are a little hazy.

I try to remain active by taking classes.The mostly Japanese American group had many of the same classes at Peary and at Gardena High School (Class of 1976) because we had been classified as gifted.

We started attending what is now known as Peary Middle School in 1970 and graduated in 1973.This experience brought me to the most rewarding years of educating young people.