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SAN FRANCISCO The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program officially announces its 2021 candidates: Akiko Jacqueline Bates, Ashlyn Sumiko Hom and Kelly Noelani Eshima.
“Our committee is honored to introduce our candidates for the Queen Program this year,” stated Yuka Walton, one of the chairs of the Queen Program. “These three women have shown exceptional commitment and dedication to our Japanese American community. When last year’s Queen Program was cancelled due to the pandemic, these candidates made the extraordinary decision to continue on and serve the community this year. Akiko, Ashlyn, and Kelly truly exemplify leadership and we look forward to their court year.”
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A pair of cherry blossom trees outside the Japanese Cultural and Community Center in San Francisco s Japantown won t be blooming this year after a vandal or vandals went to great efforts to rip all the branches off of them.
The two street trees were discovered shorn down to their trunks on Tuesday morning, as the center reported on Facebook. This was not simply a passerby trying to break a branch off for fun, said Paul Osaki, Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC). Someone took their time breaking off every branch. This was no easy task as some of the larger branches were over 3” thick and the trees 12’ to 15’ feet high.