Despite the house being a total loss.

blaring an announcement that everyone in the neighborhood needed to get out immediately.As John and Susan were watching the TV news around 6:30 p.

and Manzanar and Angel Island.Army Corps of Engineers will eventually remove whats left of the home John and his wife Susan have lived in for decades.Nishio was able to rescue a few precious items – some photos.

Slightly charred but surviving among the ash and stones.The crew took the stones to his fathers home in Lower Hastings Ranch.

Nishio has been keeping friends and family apprised of the progress via Facebook.

was a block captain at Amache and held a place of trust with camp authorities.who fought bus segregation in the 1950s.

To redeem a free Metro Micro ridemy grandfather owned a general store at the Mednik Avenue and 3rd Street property.

as part of their New Years ethnic traditions.with losses totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars.