however, none have quite the history of the ikeda family, but to see how far they have come, you first have to see where they've been. in the early part of the 20th century, many of the hills above the arroyo grande area were farmed by japanese families, who planted a variety of crops each spring. together they banded together to form pove, the pismo oceano vegetable exchange, which was highly successful until world events hit this small coastal community in the 1940s. >> before the war, there was probably between 40 and 45 members of pismo oceano vegetable exchange. during the war, all the japanese families got shipped off to iernment camps further inland, mainly to utah and arizona, and during that time, there was an alien exclusion act in which aliens couldn't own land, so you either had to buy land through a child who was a citizen or have some other citizen buy the land you and leased it from them, and so not a lot of people owned land back then. >> the family was forced to give up their land, but today, tom ikeda actually farms the same land his ancestors did back in the 1920s. h

lower house member tomohiro ishikawa, takanori okubo and mistsutomo ikeda went on trial for falsifying funding reports. the case concerned a land purchase worth $ 5.2 million. the defendants denied the allegations. the district court presiding judge found all three guilty on monday and gave them suspended prison sentences of one to three years. the judge said general contractors rigged bids for public works project in japan's northeastern region. including ozawa's constituency. he noted lawmakers office had decision-making power regarding projects. the judge also said contractors got instructions from the former aides represented intentions of ozawa's office. the judge determined two of the offenders took about $1.2 million from the construction firm in return for helping it win the bid for a dam project. he said despite denials, evidence show s two former aides did, in fact, receive the money. ozawa is facing an indictment in connection with this scandal. monday's ruling will likely affect his trial, which is scheduled to start next week. >>> u.s. aircraft maker, boeing, has delivered