and combating deadly wildfires and droughts in California.

For a variety of reasons the experiment did not work out as planned and the Japantown Koban was finally removed in 2004.Dianne Feinstein was a familiar face in Japantown and supported various community initiatives.

Feinstein saw koban (交番) during a visit to Japan and proposed that similar mini-police stations be established in San Francisco.YAMAMOTO Articles for you@media ( min-width: 300px ){.the Mission and other neighborhoods.

which opened its doors in 1986 after years of fundraising.Police Chief Frank Jordan and other city officials attended the dedication of the Japantown Koban in Buchanan Mall.

including the establishment of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.

As recounted in a Hokubei Mainichi article published in November 1987.Coming from an administrator whose work unfolded behind the scenes.

The daughter of Japanese immigrants.Armstrong rebuilt her life and went on to shape the academic lives of generations of students during her tenure as Pomona College registrar from 1955 to 1985.

the bequest is a testament to the close-knit community at this small residential college — and to the extraordinary nature of Armstrong.and then moved to the detention camp for Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain in Wyoming.