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COMMUNITY & POLITICS

Volunteers Needed to Clear Manzanar Baseball Field

Ventura County JACL Kicks Off New Year

Federal Judges Report Receiving Death Threats, Doxing, Intimidation

Minnesota Leaders: Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Are Terrorizing Southeast Asian Communities

Yamaha Motor Corp. USA to Move from Cypress to Georgia

Renewed Unity Toward Nebuta’s 20th Anniversary in L.A.

VOX POPULI: Warehousing Suspected Undocumented Immigrants Echoes Wartime Incarceration

RETIREMENT TIPS: The 2026 Iran War and the U.S. Stock Market

Stop The Hate

Dave Min Signs Defaced with Anti-Asian Hate Speech

Providing Opportunities for Seniors: The Caring Cubing Community Holds Second Class

State Attorney General Releases Hate Crime Report

Sunday Vigil Commemorates Vincent Chin’s Death

You Are Not Alone: Community Services Stand Against Hate

The Occupation and Those Left Behind

Asian Resource Hub Aims to Increase Access to Vital Services

Roque Family Seeks Justice

Encounter Hate? Report It

Walk to Support Suicide Prevention: Changing Tides’ Ripple Effect

Internment and Intersectionality: George Takei Speaks

AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate Event at JANM

MANAA Demands Apology from Shane Gillis Ahead of His Hosting ‘SNL’

Memorial Held for Victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre

After Decades of Struggle, Asian Americans Are Enjoying Unprecedented Media Success

Bronzeville: The Rise and Fall of Little Tokyo’s Black Community

SPORTS

Dodgers Agree to First-ever Naming Rights Deal with Japanese Fashion Brand

‘Samurai of the Diamond’ to Be Unveiled

Ohtani’s Picture Book About His Beloved Dog Released in Japan

Hiura Comes Home, Signs With Dodgers

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Japanese Films at Gardena Cinema This Month

‘The Women of Flower Drum Song’ at Democracy Center

Great-Granddaughter’s Book Explores ‘The Bridges Yuri Built’

EWP Announces Principal Cast, Creative Team for ‘Flower Drum Song’

COLUMNISTS

KEYS TO FITNESS: Tips for Sleeping Better

VOX POPULI: Behind the Scenes of the 1996 Oscars Protest and Telling Jesse Jackson He Was Wrong

THROUGH THE FIRE: ‘What Camellias Have Seen’: A Huntington Library Day of Remembrance

THROUGH THE FIRE: Chaos and the Last Vestige

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Yoshitsugi Kikuno

Funeral services for the late Mr. Yoshitsugi Kikuno, 89-year-old, Kagoshima, Japan-born, resident of Burbank, who passed away on February 20, 2026, were held on…

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