Salinas' Buddhist temple has renewed its altar as it looks back at its past, and towards the future. In Buddhist tradition, the temple sent its altar off to Japanese artisans to be restored for its ...

Members sold the building in 1942 as 1,017 Japanese Americans from the Yakima Valley were forced to leave that June for imprisonment at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. Only about 10 ...

Sophie Elliott, 14, pets the family cat Angel in front of her mother Marcy Voyevod's bedroom altar dedicated to Love and Partnership in Alameda on Sunday afternoon. Elliott has an altar in her bedroom ...

Every morning, before she gets out of bed, Christine Reyes prays. Most days, her eyes turn to the home altar on top of her bedroom dresser. Standing in a crowd of Catholic icons and images, a battered ...

A late-night fire engulfed a Garden Grove house that had been converted into a Buddhist temple, resulting in about $450,000 in damage to the property, fire officials said Wednesday. Firefighters think ...

In Japan, butsudan (仏壇) are small shrines found in Buddhist temples and homes. They certainly don’t usually look like the one above! Butsudan manufacturer Takumi Kougei, which is based in Hyogo ...