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	California Japantowns Threatened Senate Bill to preserve Japanese neighborhoods By Ethen Lieser Look at Japantown’s billboards and names of shops. Listen to the people. Smell the aroma from restaurants. To Americans not familiar with Japanese culture and language, this might seem as complicated as hieroglyphics. But for many Japanese Americans, this was once home, a place to call their own. Within the last 20 years, however, San Francisco’s Japantown has fallen victim to the Civic Center expansion and redevelopment work. Moreover, most Japanese Americans have left California’s Japantowns for the suburbs. COMPLETE STORY...		Committee of 100 Conference: Survey of racism toward Asian Americans gets heavy attention (in National News) International Showdown: Selling arms to Taiwan (in Business) Pavilion of Women: Big-screen adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's novel (in A&E) Voices from the Community: Vietnamese Father Answers his American Son (in Opinion)

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Immediate Gael Impact! Freshman Corrie Mizusawa brings veteran leadership to St. Mary’s By Ethen Lieser The stat line read like this: 13 points, 11 assist. Sure, it’s a double-double, a commonplace among college basketball boxscores. But St. Mary’s point guard Corrie Mizusawa posted those numbers against a perennial juggernaut, the unruly Sherman tank of women’s college basketball — the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Although St. Mary’s fell short in this NCAA tournament second round matchup, Mizusawa did make the Vols’ stalwart head coach Pat Summit check her deodorant. Maybe even twice. She might have checked three times when she found out Mizusawa was a freshman. COMPLETE STORY...

Bay to Breakers: Can you keep your composure? Have Pom-Poms, Will Travel: Two Japanese women make 49ers cheerleading team. Winners of “Growing Up Asian in America” Contest Honored: Politicians Honda and Reed visit and congratulate young students. Stanford Student Awarded Truman Scholarship: One of 80 college juniors to win award. Political Potstickers: Columnist Samson Wong investigates how an Asian Assembly district is possible in S.F.

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