By BILL YEELos Angeles is the home to an infamous freeway car chase.

are nothing more than burned-out shells of buildings.particularly in the western side of town.

the congregation gathered just the same last Sunday.But to see Old Altadena – the heart of the community – reduced to charred rubble hit like a brick.it was made clear to Japanese Americans returning from the camps that they were not welcome in South Pasadena and Pasadena.

When my nose wasnt in Archie comics or Peanuts books.with my prodigious fro trying to escape from under my cap.

and in two different houses ?– on the same block.

where he and his wife Marie bought a small house in 1966 and raised a family.culminating with a keynote address by guest speaker Julian Keikilani Ako.

yet they can still seek their wisdom.whose lives and experiences bring into being our understanding of and participation in the contemporary communities to which they belong.

and the movement in arts and activism.This fireside chat allows the LMU community to engage with a true Hawaii cultural leader in a relaxed and cozy setting.