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Valor with Honor Examines Heroic Plight of Japanese-American 442nd Regiment in WWII

"The Last Stories of these heroic men..............."

(SAN JOSE) - "Valor with Honor" is an independent documentary film based on over 35 interviews of Japanese American veterans who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during WW2.

Tales of Glenn Ford in New Biography

Film fans will not be disappointed in this book and the stories by his only child, Peter Ford, and the revelations about his dad - as well as his mom, who was the great dancer, Eleanor Powell!

(LOS ANGELES) - Fans of old movies will probably be familiar with the films of Glenn Ford, including such classics as Gilda, Blackboard Jungle, Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Teahouse of the August Moon, and Fastest Gun Alive. Oddly enough, though he appeared in around 100 feature films, there has never been a biography on Ford ... until now.

Ford’s son, Peter, recently authored "Glenn Ford: A Life" published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Jeremy Henwood (In Memorial) Uncommon Valor In Peace & War

An obscene act against an honorable man.

(CLEVELAND) - Most people heard about the tragic death of Jeremy Henwood, a San Diego city police officer who in his 'other life' was a U.S. Marine officer.

He was gunned down at a stoplight, unsuspecting, because he rolled up next to two criminals who assumed he may have been looking for them. However while sitting in his police cruiser, waiting for the light to turn green, the passenger in the car next to Jeremy's pulled the trigger and his life came to an unsuspecting close.

New Ads on BART, Muni, and Cable Cars Call for End to US Military Aid to Israel

Commuters in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco stations will see Israeli and Palestinian grandfathers urging aid cut-off for the sake of peace and justice.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - Eye-catching ads calling for an end to United States military aid to Israel will greet travelers on Bay Area transit systems beginning today.

Part of a year-old national campaign, the ads depict Israeli and Palestinian grandfathers, each holding a grandchild, calling for an end to the military assistance in the interest of building "peace with equality and justice."

`Indigenous America Asks Questions about U.S. Green Policies`

A film about the pan-indigenous movement.

(SOLANA BEACH, Calif.) - It is with gratitude that I share with you the latest documentary short film production from RL | A, "Indigenous America Asks Questions about U.S. Green Policies."

As many of you are aware RL | A is in production with a feature documentary film entitled, "Who Are My People."

His Last Act was one of Kindness and Brotherhood

The ultimate loss...

(SAN DIEGO) - Officer Jeremy Henwood, 36, a San Diego police officer, was gunned down in an unprovoked attack.

Dejon Marquee White, 23, is believed to be the individual who shot and killed Officer Henwood and was himself killed by police not long after the shooting of Officer Henwood.

Benefits Denied LA USO Volunteer Now Riddled with Cancer from Agent Orange

The VA estimates that there may be as many as 250,000 US veterans who are suffering from Agent Orange-related illnesses.

(LOS ANGELES) - THE RUSS REPORT - Over the last twenty years, cancer has become a way of life for Angeleno Lesli Moore Dahlke who, in 1970, was given the opportunity to travel to Vietnam with the legendary Johnny Grant on a handshaking tour along with three other women.

Her latest diagnosis, just days ago, of lymphoma, is a third cancer which she attributes to her exposure to Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam.

James Pribram`s Eco-Warrior Project: A Corporate Scampaign manipulated by David Vanderveen of Xs Blast Energy Drinks?

An Exposé: How religious right Republicans exploit and subvert the environmental movement through Multi-Level Marketing. “Going Green” just gives them your “green.”

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - Your first real encounter or interface with the world’s environment is simple yet refreshingly complex: It’s you.

Your totality, that is you and the health of your body and mind, are integral at that nexus, that crossroads.

Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Health Care Law

Gov. Jerry Brown (D) would consider the bill, after passage by both houses of the Democratic-led Legislature.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A coalition of California industry groups is railing against “job killer” legislation they argue would weaken pre-dispute arbitration agreements and more broadly, slow the state’s economic recovery.

Rites of the Parents Against Rights of the Child; Circumcision, a Misdemeanor or a Crime?

Starting from a children judge point of view.

(PARIS, France) - This article had been written in support of the defenders of the child promoting the 2011 November ballot in San Francisco.

Learning Judge Georgi's decision quashing this ballot, we didn't change a line in it but we must say that if that decision is maintained, San Francisco, the USA and the world will lose much more.