Judges on the Nov. 3 ballot under state judicial positions include the following: Mark K. Hanasono, associate justice, Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division 3 In May 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSSRafu Sports Editor For the first time in the 30-year history of the Women’s National Basketball ...

Andrea Yamasaki, who represents Trustee Area 1 on the Orange Unified Board of Education, is seeking re-election on Nov. 3. According to her campaign website, Yamasaki first became involved in ...

Funeral services for the late Kazuho Takaki, 82-year-old, born in Newell, California, resident of Torrance, who passed away on October 13, 2026, will be held Friday, November 13, 10 a.m. at Hompa ...

Linda Nobuko Taketani, age 92, peacefully passed away on October 14, 2026. Predeceased by husband, Yasuo Taketani. Mother of Stanley (Kathy) and Richard (Estela); grandmother of David, Scott, and ...

On Oct. 8, Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles Kosei Murota welcomed the Team for Health Consultation Services for Atomic Bomb Survivors in South and North America and staff from the Hiroshima ...

A funeral service for Hozue Miyasaka, 56-year-old, Tokyo, Japan-born Issei, who passed away on September 17, 2026 in Pasadena, Calif., will be held Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 2 p.m. at Faith United ...

Lively and lighthearted Hazel Tokumi was born in Wailuku, Maui ninety-nine years ago.  It was there that she graduated from Baldwin High School and married a very kind and handsome “local boy,” Larry ...

September 28, 2026 Haruko Morikawa, 99-year-old, New Castle-born, resident of Monterey Park peacefully passed away at her residence on September 28. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Hideo ...

Emiko Fujino (née Fujii), 102, passed away on September 29, 2026. Born in Los Angeles on May 9, 1924, to Akira and Tamayo Fujii, she was the eldest of three children. Her family moved to Japan during ...

The Story of Taro Higa” will be screened on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 11:30 a.m. at San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 9450 Remick Ave., Pacoima. This rarely seen 2015 NHK documentary, known in ...

More than a century after George Bernard Shaw challenged Victorian conventions with “Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” two Asian ...