In an announcement on Feb. 21, five Los Angeles Asian communities learned that they would be dividing amongst them approximately $500,000, which is to be used for the preservation of their history. The money comes from the National Park Service’s $250,000 grant that the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency…

For those of us in the LA area, the Japanese American National Museum holds historical tours of Little Tokyo at the end of each month.  This month’s tour is on Saturday, February 28 at 10:15 am. The website’s description of the tour: Relive history and learn about present-day…

From AsiaWeek.com: The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Hammer Museum will hold a public symposium Asian American Artists in California on March 14. The program is one of the events celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and other ethnic studies centers at…