4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (659+ words) There's a particular kind of power in recognizing something that feels like home, especially when that home has been filtered through distance and history. In its newest exhibition, "So We Leapt " Para I Hinanao-ta Mo'na," the Pacific Island Ethnic Art…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (222+ words) Sunday, Dec. 7, marks the 84th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, which launched the U. S. into World War II. Last summer, when I was in Hawaii to witness many of our Long Beach boats cross the Diamond Head buoy finish line…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (226+ words) World War II veterans and others gathered on board the Battleship Iowa in San Pedro on Sunday morning, Dec. 7, to mark Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day " with some of the vets being more than 100 years old. The event marked the anniversary…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (201+ words) Cargo operations at one Port of Long Beach terminal were temporarily halted on Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, after a potential World War II-era explosive was discovered in the ground. The explosive device was discovered early Wednesday evening during construction work, according…...

7+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (1065+ words) Sylvia Manheim, who fought all of her remarkable life to make the world a better place, recently reached the magical milestone of 100 years on Earth " and wanted to keep going. "She was a fighter to the end," said her son,…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (400+ words) Eighty years ago this week, the U. S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, another fell on the city of Nagasaki. Between 120, 000 and 220, 000 people died in the blasts or from burns, other wounds and radiation exposure…...