Ryan Yamamoto

2 days ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

An East Bay bonsai master is inspiring the next generation to find stories inside the trees For more than 50-years, a tiny movement has grown in the East Bay thanks to Dennis Makishima. He is considered by many, a master of Aesthetic Pruning, and an influential figure in California's bonsai culture: the Japanese art of shaping and cultivating miniature trees. "There is the essence in every tree, find it, bring it out," said Makashima. "I can make them talk to you.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

The price of gold continues hover in record high territory, as investors look to the precious metal with the growing uncertainty in the stock market. That is good news for Seth Chandler, owner of Witter Coin in San Francisco who seeing more people come into his store to buy and sell gold. "When you have a one-ounce gold coin in your hand, it feels very heavy, it feels like real money," said Chandler.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

A photo exhibit featuring traditional Japanese tattoo art, called "American Irezumi" is coming to San Francisco's Main Library in October, featuring the work of San Jose tattoo artist Takahiro Kitamura. Last December, dozens of his clients who have served as his canvas for the past 27-years, came together for the photo shoot in the South Bay. "There's a lot of emotions here," said Kitamura who is known as Taki.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

The Japanese American Museum of San Jose was built to educate and never forget a dark time in American history. "What happened to the Japanese Americans was really wrong; it was unfair. It was racist," said Susan Hayase. "It was terrible and should never be done to anybody else."Hayase and her husband Tom Izu are speaking out today because of what happened to their families 83 years ago.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

Ten million Americans work in the construction and trades industry in the United States, but according to the U.S. Commerce Department, women only make up 11% of the industry, with less than five percent in skilled trades jobs. However, a tiny garage in the city of Berkeley is hoping to change that gender disparity, by giving power to young girls through the use and skill of power tools. "I started Girls Garage in 2013," said Emily Pilloton-Lam, who founded the nonprofit.