The first wind phone was created in 2010 by Japanese garden designer Itaru Sasaki after the loss of his cousin to cancer and then later was dedicated to lives lost in the 2011 tsunami.
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Staff Photographer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Leave some messiness in your garden and leave the leaves, as decaying leaves are great habitat for fireflies.
Often, he was told, immigrants aren’t given the chance to call family members before they’re released, and are dropped off at a nearby plaza, often with uncharged cellphones or no phone at all.
—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2026
This 1598 building overlooks the downtown plaza and served as headquarters for Spanish and British leaders.
—
Lane Degregory,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2026
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