In the future he hopes to be involved in projects that recognize the contributions of those who built the foundations of our communities.

Wakabayashi later became the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission and the director of the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations.Nevada during the war years and had family members incarcerated at Rohwer (Arkansas) and Topaz (Utah).

or national origin until he retired in 2020.Manzanar At Dusk is co-sponsored by the Nikkei Student Unions at California Polytechnic University.will be presented at the 55th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday.

at Lone Pine High School gymnasium.He served in this position starting in 1999.

Both the Manzanar Pilgrimage and the Manzanar At Dusk program are free and open to the public.

The main portion of the program begins at 12 p.Our LASD family is mourning his loss.

Okamotos survivors include his parents.Lomita Sheriffs Station in statement expressed devastation at the loss of Okamoto:Deputy Okamoto was a leader at our station.

according to the Sheriffs Information Bureau.Rolling Hills Estates and San Pedro.