When she was interned during world war ii. She says he told her, you must share your experiences so it doesnt happen again. And ultimately, she did. Joining me now is Jeanette Arakawa, the author of the little exile, the story of a young girl, marie mitsui, uprooted from her life in San Francisco. And through a childs eyes, maries and jeanettes, we go through the experience and revelations from that journey. Welcome to the show. Jeanette arakawa thank you very much. Its such an honor to be here. I cant believe that im sitting here on robert handas show. Robert well, youll get over that pretty quick, so. Let me ask you something here. You chose to do what is called autobiographical fiction. Tell me why you chose that approach, talking through a character . Jeanette well, in the old days, whenever there was a tv show on, they should Say Something like, the names have been changed to protect the innocent. The other part of it was, its entirely fictional, but i would not include that phras
Her professor advised her to write about her experiences when she was interned during world war ii. She says he told her, you must share your experiences so it doesnt happen again. And ultimately, she did. Joining me now is Jeanette Arakawa, the author of the little exile, the story of a young girl, marie mitsui, uprooted from her life in San Francisco. And through a childs eyes, maries and jeanettes, we go through the experience and revelations from that journey. Welcome to the show. Jeanette arakawa thank you very much. Its such an honor to be here. I cant believe that im sitting here on robert handas show. Robert well, youll get over that pretty quick, so. Let me ask you something here. You chose to do what is called autobiographical fiction. Tell me why you chose that approach, talking through a character . Jeanette well, in the old days, whenever there was a tv show on, they should Say Something like, the names have been changed to protect the innocent. The other part of it was, i
Coming days. Allen, back to you. Chris, in your story where you showed the worker poking the rod down into the mud trying to see if there are any cars, are they sure yet that they have gotten all the people out or they have found all the cars . Reporter well, they certainly are very hopeful that they have. But there are some areas where the mud and debris was as high as the drivers side window of semi trucks. Its very deep back there. They have been searching it throughout the day though so they are confident they found all the cars but they still have quite a bit of digging to do. What a cleanup. Chris martinez, thank you. New at 5 00, hundreds of seniors in burlingame need a new place to stay tonight after a fire broke out in their care facility. Chopper 5 was over the senior home on troutsdale drive this afternoon. A malfunctioning electrical box triggered a small fire around 9 30 a. M. No one was hurt but the fire knocked out power to the building. All 269 patients are now being te
Right now. And check out the ominous clouds from our roof cam. A lot of raindrops on that camera, too. Its gloomy and dark out. And the storm is just getting started. Its a wet afternoon. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Im michelle griego. We have Team Coverage on this storm. Roberta gonzales is in the weather center, but first, lets get out to anne makovec braving the rain in mill valley. Reporter it hasnt been too bad so far this morning but were seeing wind gusts pick up all around the north bay. We are seeing businesses here in mill valley with sandbags in front of their doors ready basically for whatever the storm may bring. So far its wonderful. But i hear that we might be flooding. Reporter so many businesses in mill valley and other low lying areas have sandbags at the ready. And Emergency Responders are watching the forecast closely. We try to stay ahead of the curve and adjust our game plan as needed. Reporter the storm started slowly in the north bay with early sprinkles i
Cadets, after the city of san jose has paid for the expensive training programs. The hiring of san jose recruits had angered many at city hall because it costs 170,000 to train each officer. Councilman sam lacardo even issued this memo proposing recruits pay back the cost of training or perhaps sending the bill to the city that hires them. The problem twofold. One is that our taxpayers are on the hook for 170,000 in training costs. Reporter but nbc bay area obtained this memo of sjpds recruiting incentive program. It encourages any employee of the Police Department to recruit an officer from another city. Either a veteran or a rookie. The san jose officer would get time for each officer he or she recruits. San jose does not exist in some sort of isolated environment. Reporter political analyst, larry gerston, says whats good for san jose has to be good for other cities. He says luring employees and managers from one city to another is nothing new. Still, san jose shouldnt get upset whe