By KENJI G. TAGUMA
Nichi Bei Times

LIVINGSTON, Calif. — The faces have aged, in many instances, beyond recognition. The faces of the younger ones have become increasingly multi-cultural. And the surrounding land once filled with tumbleweeds has been replaced by sporadic housing developments and the inevitable markers of evolution — fast food chains and Starbucks.

By ALEC YOSHIO MacDONALD
Nichi Bei Times Contributor

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — "‘Edu-tainment’: it’s making sure we get the point across, but in the least boring way possible."

By CHIZU IIYAMA

A second court martial trial for Army 1^st Lt. Ehren Watada, the first and only commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq, is scheduled for July 16. He is charged with missing troop movement and criticizing the Iraq War. He is being persecuted because he is challenging the morality of the legality of the war.

(Bay City News Service) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco and Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, said June 29 that $750,000 in proposed federal funding is included in an appropriations bill for the renovation of the Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital Building.

By HARRY K. HONDA

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — The Military Intelligence Corps bestowed its highest honor to six Army veterans including the late Major Yoshio "George" Kanegai, West Los Angeles, at the 20th annual Hall of Fame ceremony June 28 at Fort Huachuca in Arizona.

A $1 million endowment to Pets Unlimited in honor of the late Sergeant Darryl Tsujimoto, officer-in-charge of the SFPD’s Canine Unit, was presented on June 30 at Pets Unlimited on Fillmore Street in San Francisco.

Hokka Nichi Bei Kai (HNBK) (Japanese American Association of Northern California) announced that nominations for the Bunka Hall of Fame are now being accepted.

By BEN HAMAMOTO
Nichi Bei Times

Are you a serious actor? Have you ever wanted to be a part of a bad movie, destined to become a camp classic? Something the caliber of those direct-to-video movies starring gangster rappers that were all the rage in the late nineties? What if I told you it was a slanderous propaganda film funded by the extreme right in Japan? Still not sold? How about if I add that it completely rewrites history and smears the name of the late activist Iris Chang? If all of this sounds good to you, and you live in the Los Angeles or San Jose area, then come out and audition for "The Truth of Nanking"!

Major League Nikkei : Suzuki’s 2nd Homer

Nikkei catcher Kurt Suzuki hit his second homerun for the Oakland Athletics on June 27 during a game versus the Cleveland Indians.