A Japanese village that helped develop California's fishing industry could become container storage

Main Idea: A Japanese American fishing village on Terminal Island that helped build Southern California’s seafood industry is at risk of being replaced by container storage, and local advocates are fighting to save its last buildings.

Key Points:

• The Terminal Islanders Association is pushing to preserve two vacant Tuna Street buildings that are the last physical links to the old fishing village.
• The Port of Los Angeles has suggested demolishing the buildings to make room for more container storage, though no final decision has been made.
• Tim McOsker introduced a motion to give the buildings historic-cultural monument status, which could protect them from demolition.
• Survivors and descendants say the village was a major part of Japanese American life before World War II, when residents were removed and the community was destroyed.