SPORTS
April 1, 1998 | PAIGE A. LEECH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hiroyuki Tazaki doesn't have full command of the English language, but he didn't need an interpreter to translate his coach's body language after getting thrown out stealing in his first American high school baseball game. "[Tazaki] missed a sign and he took off, trying to steal a base with our No. 4 batter up," Montclair Prep Coach Marc Saraceno said. "He ran us right out of the inning. He obviously knew I was not too happy. Let's just say I was in a little state of unhappiness."
SPORTS
May 11, 1989 | STEVE ELLING, Times Staff Writer
Curt Yarrington remembers having his eyes locked on uniform No. 1 for some time. That particular jersey, he reasoned, might signify many things, especially the fact that he was numero uno as baseball coach at Verdugo Hills High. And, what the heck, it was also his first year. A few days before the 1987 season, players began to place their requests for jerseys. All the popular numbers went fast, those commonly tied to major league stars or ones that older brothers might have worn.
NEWS
January 3, 1996 | CHRISTINA LIMA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For 24-year-old Yuko Terayama of Sendai, Japan, there was only one place in the world--literally--where she wanted to get married: in a small church in a residential Camarillo neighborhood. So, defying family traditions, the former exchange student persuaded her parents, fiance and future in-laws to fly 5,300 miles to Camarillo for the ceremony. On Tuesday afternoon, Terayama, now an advertising agent for Nissan, fulfilled her dream.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 17, 1999 | MILO PEINEMANN
A Moorpark man was arrested after two housemates learned he was videotaping them in their common bathroom, authorities said. Two Moorpark College foreign exchange students from Japan--a 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman--discovered that a decorative mask hanging in the bathroom of their rented four-bedroom house on Marymount Street contained a pinhole-sized hidden camera, allegedly placed there by one of two other tenants, authorities said.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 27, 1995 | TIM MAY
Mutsuni Izutsu and Sean Sugihara absorbed each broadcast image of the devastation of Kobe last week with gut-wrenching dismay. The two Mission College exchange students from Japan wanted to help in the aftermath of the destructive Jan. 17 earthquake in their homeland, but did not know how. During a meeting with other exchange students at the college Tuesday, Izutsu and Sugihara found they were not alone in their desire to contribute.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 12, 2000 | ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Martha Barrett, a veteran bilingual teacher and mentor, was named Ventura County Teacher of the Year on Monday during a surprise visit by the county superintendent. "I'm really flabbergasted," Barrett said, shortly after Supt. Chuck Weis handed her flowers and told her the news. Barrett, 40, will represent more than 6,000 county teachers in the statewide competition.