Watanabe was at a reception Tuesday night for the exhibition, which also was attended by Jimi Yamaichi, the director and curator of the Japanese American Museum, and Museum of Art donors Susan and Bruce Worster, who made the commission possible. Martha’s Kitchen Executive Director Edita Cruz said no other companies stepped up to sponsor a full month last year, but she’s hopeful for 2011. Several members of the San Jose City Council — Nancy Pyle, Xavier Campos, Don Rocha and Pierluigi Oliverio — attended the presentation as dozens of people were being served a meal by a cadre of volunteers (including Councilman Sam Liccardo, who donned an apron after arriving late).

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One of those urging Northam to stay and defend his honor is first lady Pam Northam, according to two people familiar with the situation. Some supporters have been working to track down evidence about the yearbook photo that they thought would prove Northam was not in the racist image, which showed two figures, one in blackface and the other in Ku Klux Klan garb, each holding a can of beer. Northam is liked by Republicans and Democrats and had compiled a glittering list of accomplishments in his first year in office, but sentiment around the legislature was almost universal that he should step down.