Ryan Yamamoto

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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.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

There is quite the photo shoot happening right now in Golden Gate Park, but instead of models, the muse of choice is a collection of leaves, branches, and dried flowers. This year, the California Academy of Sciences hopes to digitize its entire global botany collection that stretches back to the 17th century and includes to 2.3 million specimens.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

After long wait, plans underway to build Bruce Lee statue in San Francisco’s Chinatown A project is now in the works to build a bronze statue of Bruce Lee in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood. The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum wants to pay tribute to the martial arts icon and film star, who was born at the Chinese Hospital on Jackson Street on Nov. 27, 1940. "This is a long wished for and now active project," said Justin Hoover of the CHSA.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Yamamoto

Prints of Black Panther artist's painting to raise funds for Coltrane church Sitting in the window of the Artfunk gallery on Jackson Street in San Francisco is a painting of jazz legend John Coltrane. While most people walking by will see the image of a great musician, Archbishop Franzo King sees something more divine. "When I see this painting, I see God," said King. He and his wife, Reverend Mother Marina King, founded the Saint John Coltrane Church in 1969.