Kristen Taketa

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Kristen Taketa

Los padres de Kay Ochi tenían 21 y 22 años cuando se vieron obligados a abandonar San Diego, donde nacieron, y llevados a un campo de concentración en el desierto de Poston, Arizona, simplemente por su ascendencia japonesa. “Fueron tres años de puro infierno”, dijo Ochi, un japonés-estadounidense de tercera generación, o sansei, quien preside la Sociedad Histórica Japonesa-Estadounidense de San Diego.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Kristen Taketa

Kay Ochi’s parents were 21 and 22 years old when they were forced to leave San Diego, where they were born, and taken to an incarceration camp in the desert of Poston, Arizona, simply because of their Japanese heritage. “That was three years of pure hell,” said Ochi, a third-generation Japanese American, or Sansei, who is president of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Kristen Taketa

Family members said their younger brother was shot and killed by San Diego police on Friday, condemning his killing as unjust and disputing authorities’ assertion that he was armed. Police shot the man, who had been holed up inside a car during a 40-minute standoff with police in the Stockton neighborhood, because they believed he had pointed a gun at them. Authorities initially claimed they found a black handgun in the car, but later investigators said they learned it was actually a BB gun.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Kristen Taketa

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man in his 20’s was found dead in an apartment in San Marcos. The incident is being investigated by the San Diego County Sheriff’s homicide unit because authorities found the nature of the death to be suspicious, Lt. Juan Márquez said. On Sunday around 3 p.m., deputies were called to the apartment located on Armorlite Drive, across the street from Palomar College. The victim was found alone in the apartment with trauma to his body, Márquez said.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Kristen Taketa

La administración de Trump está retirando la financiación a los investigadores de San Diego que exploran temas que van desde la prevención del VIH hasta la violencia contra las mujeres embarazadas, y los científicos locales advierten que los impactos se extenderán mucho más allá de simplemente poner fin a los proyectos actuales.