SAN FRANCISCO -- Jeff Adachi says he grew up hearing the stories of his Japanese-American family's internment during World War II."They lost everything. But they taught me not to be bitter, to get an education and to stand up for what's right," Adachi, San Francisco's public defender, writes on the website devoted to his campaign for the city's mayor.Read More...
San Francisco May Elect Its First Asian-american Mayor
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Sun, 10/30/2011 - 11:51pm
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