Albert Saijo News Today

For almost sixty years Jordan Belson lived in the same charming corner of San Francisco, the bohemian enclave known as North Beach, named after the region of Italy from where the locals emigrated—the Gulf of Trieste. Rents were cheap and neighbors tolerant.

Japanese Americans were held at the race track before being shipped to incarceration camps. My uncle's letters reveal the indignities of living there.

Japanese Americans were held at the race track before being shipped to incarceration camps. My uncle's letters reveal the indignities of living there.

Our first list—50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime—was one of our most popular stories ever, but it didn’t do justice to our flourishing regional literary scene. So here we go again: More of da kine, only bigger, broader, deeper.