advancing years also bring an increased risk for major medicalconditions.

Fire officials said there was dense storage” inside the building on the second and third floors.the smell of smoke drifted through Little Tokyo and traveled as far as Olvera Street near Chinatown.

From the Teramachi condominiums at Third and San Pedro.(Photo by ELLEN ENDO)Rafu Wire Service and Staff ReportsFire gutted a three-story commercial/office building in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday.A worker in a high-rise building near First and San Pedro streets said the smell of smoke was so intense that she decided to leave in the middle of the day and work from home

It was an emotional time.Shikada sees a period of groundbreaking change.

the experience only affirmed her desire to continue organizing for justice.

Panelists recalled working on the ground.We will honor his legacy by redoubling our efforts to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans never happens to any other group.

the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans.a respected leader of the Japanese American Korean War Veterans.

And he believed deeply in the power of history and the power of story to make sure that the past never becomes a prologue to the present.He was a mentor to those who preserved the camp story.