Forest Grove father and son thriving after kidney transplant (Portland Tribune) It didn’t take long for the Yamaokas to bounce back. A mere five weeks after undergoing a pair of operations in which a kidney from Bert Yamaoka Sr. was transplanted into his son, Bert Jr., both men are doing fine. Eschewing the narcotics sent home with him from the hospital, Bert is taking ...
Black belt the goal for Landry (Prince George Citizen Online) At 11 years old, Madison Landry is already working on her green belt in karate.That’s halfway to black-belt status in the Kyokushin style, after just three years of studying her martial art. Her steady progress paid off in a gold medal for Landry over the weekend, where she won the 9-11-year-old division at an Prince George Kyokushin Karate School interclub tournament at the Connaught ...
Tracy couple to face more charges in case of shackled boy (The Sacramento Bee) Caren Ramirez, arrested Tuesday night, is not related to the boy in the Tracy abuse case. A Tracy couple who allegedly housed a shackled teen at their home appeared in San Joaquin County court this afternoon and are facing a growing list of charges in connection with the abuse of the 17-year-old Sacramento boy. The arraignment of Michael Luther Schumacher and Kelly Layne Lau was ...
