who leaves a powerful legacy of scholarship and generosity.

I imagined myself as the Six Million Dollar Man.but it means so much to hear from people for who this is personal.

I was so full of curious questions – Why did Jesus always wear sandals? Did Noah have rats and rocks on the Ark? – that the vicar eventually walked to my home and suggested Mom teach me the lessons of the Good Book herself.the destruction wrought by last weeks wildfires means the loss of far more than buildings.at my aunts house on East Calaveras Street.

thanks to neighbors who noticed burning embers igniting a signpost and doused the flames with garden hoses.Altadena will rise from the ashes.

Friends and strangers have responded with an outpouring of generosity.

My first exposure to Japanese culture was at the annual summer Obon Festival at Pasadena Buddhist Temple.Films of Remembrance is expanding from a two-day event in Northern California to a four-day event including two days in Southern California — in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum and the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute.

A record class of 19 films — including exclusive presentations in the last remaining Japantowns of San Francisco.the Southern California launch of Art Hansens A Nikkei Harvest: Reviewing the Japanese American Historical Experience and Its Legacy at 11 a.

at San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin Annex.Performance artist and baseball player Dan Kwong will join the filmmaker to discuss the Manzanar Baseball Project.