The largest fundraiser of the year for the jcccnc, the Japanese Cultural Community Center of Northern California. The event this saturday will feature Culinary Creations from the bay area, hawaii, and japan and will help the center continue to serve its 185,000 visitors every year. And we will end with a unique mission as a former child interned at the manzanar camp searches for his classmates. Well show you how he hopes to track them down. All that on our show today. Well, were big fans of books and the written word here; and thats not always an easy thing to promote in this digital age, but it is a Crucial Foundation in education and understanding your own culture and community. Joining me now is christina newhard, the publisher of sarisari storybooks. She was born in the philippines and moved to the us when she was 10, but has held onto her roots and is helping to pass it along to others. Sarisari storybooks are geared to english and many of the other languages associated with the p
Well help you get ready for the big day with our guests, Humane Society Silicon Valley, the east bay spca, and east bay spca adopters. Now, ive had the pleasure of doing many stories with Humane Society Silicon Valley. And for full disclosure, my family has adopted quite a few dogs from the facility, so i can speak firsthand about how they conduct the process. Joining us once again is dr. Cristie kamiya the chief of shelter medicine at Humane Society Silicon Valley. She is one of only a handful of residencytrained veterinarians in the specialized field of shelter medicine, completing her training at uc davis, and now, not only oversees shelter and medical operations at Humane Society Silicon Valley, but provides support and facilities worldwide. Oh, and she also fosters underaged shelter kittens, and loves spending time with her adopted shelter dogs. Welcome to the show. Welcome back to the show. Great to see you again. Dr. Cristie kamiya good to see you too. Robert well, okay, first o
carrie mac gone gal. she is the mother of amber dubois, a teenager killed in san diego last year. she flew up to the bay area with her search dog yesterday to help aid in the search this weekend. she found the body in the snow canyon area of the east bay just west of 680. nbc bay area kimberly terry is in the area with the latest for us. reporter: diane, the coroner left at about 10:00 tonight after investigators say a team spent hours in the area where the remains were found. they were actually on their hands and knees using a lot of tools, including brushes, to make sure the remains and every bit of evidence is found. a volunteer working with the search team organized by michelle lay s family discovered the body in a remote area saturday morning. this is in the general area where hayward police say the 26-year-old cell phone pinged shortly after her disappearance. the body is off of what i would consider a lightly used dirt road or trail. it s not on the trail, it s off