Tim Yamamoto's late grandfather once ran a grocery store from one of the last buildings that remain of the old Terminal Island fishing village — a history many hope to preserve. (Al Seib / For The ...
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From the turn of the 20th century to the early 1940s, a human-made island in San Pedro Bay held a flourishing Japanese American fishing village that helped develop Southern California’s mighty seafood ...
San Pedro’s Terminal Island was once home to a bustling Japanese-American fishing village. Japanese fishermen brought tuna fishing expertise which in turn revolutionized the canning industry on the ...
LOS ANGELES — Months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese American fishing community on San Pedro’s Terminal Island was given 48 hours to pack its belongings before it was forced into ...