Welcome to the news archives of May S. Ruiz, local writer for Hey SoCal (formerly Beacon Media News)!
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Nisei Week to Celebrate 84th L.A. Festival
Also published on 10 August 2026 on Hey SoCal 2025 Parade Float. | Photo courtesy of Toyo Miyatake for Nisei Week Festival Every year in mid-August, Little Tokyo in downtown L.A. becomes the site of the Nisei Week Festival. According to cultural scholar and writer Dr. Oliver Wang, this event began in 1934 as a…
The Huntington Holds First Sunday Supper Series: This Filipino American Life
Also published on 29 July 2026 on Hey SoCal A table holds a display of atang, a food offering to ancestors. | Photo by Brianna Chu / Hey SoCal The Huntington’s opening program in its This Land Is … Sunday Supper and Conversation Series was held on July 26 from 5 to 7 pm. Featuring…
Hawaiian Author Shay Kauwe Debuts YA Fantasy Mystery Book “The Killing Spell”
Also published on 13 July 2026 on Hey SoCal The Killing Spell, a young adult fantasy mystery set in L.A. – where the majority of Hawai‘i’s population fled to after a cataclysmic flood sank their islands – about 200 years into the future was released in the U.S. by Saga Press, an imprint of Simon…
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