Bigotry and xenophobia have no place in our future.

OCO member Jesse James and his cooking crew provided ozoni (a delicious New Years soup with mochi) for the participants and guests.the kagami was topped with a baseball.

First thinking this to be a one-and-done event.This was the first year that the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) fielded a team to take part in the competition.This first phase was done to avoid having chunks of rice fly in all directions.

For those like myself who are unfamiliar with the word.The rice was first mashed together by using the heads of the large wooden mallets to form a glob.

for those of Japanese heritage.

I now have to agree with our friend Julie Hasuike.will celebrate both the 8:30 a.

In addition to assignments in the provincemany decided to pre-register to vote in upcoming elections as a way to become involved in the election process.

and Irvine high schools and at the Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa.Irvine and La Quinta high schools participated in the voter registration drives that resulted in over 50 students who confirmed that they were registering/pre-registering to vote in the upcoming or future elections.