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Prior to redevelopment in Little Tokyo in the 1980s, Koyasan served as the main hub of Japanese cultural events. In 1987, the temple hosted the Kechien Kanjo ritual, a service rarely conducted outside Japan. Two years later, the temple was designated the keeper of the Hiroshima Peace Flame, brought over from Japan by Los Angeles Mayor Tom ...
In 1922, a few years after attending the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, Rev. Hosen Isobe established the Zenshuji Soto Mission [3] in a Los Angeles apartment. Anti-immigration laws at that time made it extremely difficult for people of Japanese descent to purchase land in the United States.
The Asian-American influx into the southwestern portion of the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, grew rapidly when Chinese immigrants began settling in Monterey Park in the 1970s. Just east of the city of Los Angeles, the region has achieved international prominence as a hub of overseas Chinese, or hua qiao.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Wednesday, Jan. 8. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A pair of massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning unchecked early on Thursday, two days after they ignited, but firefighting crews ...
Second of two historically all-black segregated fire stations in Los Angeles; part of the African Americans in Los Angeles MPS 92: Fire Station No. 23: Fire Station No. 23: June 9, 1980 : 225 E. 5th St. Downtown Los Angeles
The massive Oakland Hills fire of 1991 — which destroyed more than 2,500 structures — exploded after firefighters thought they had contained it. That fire was originally six acres and was ...
Los Angeles California Temple - the tenth operating and the second-largest temple operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Louis Jain temple - a historic structure that was constructed for the 1904 St. Louis World's fairs, now standing within the Jain Center of Southern California in Los Angeles.