Janie Har, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

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Federal judge orders White House to rehire probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies

by Janie Har Associated PressMarch 13, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies, blasting their tactics Thursday as he slowed the new president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and his wife, Valerie Block, leave an election night gathering Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in San Francisco. San Francisco residents voted Tuesday to recall Boudin, a progressive, following a heated campaign that captivated the country and bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Dems confront criticism on crime after San Francisco defeat

by Steve Peoples Associated Press, and Janie Har Associated PressJune 8, 2022

Clinical nurse Tram Pham becomes teary eyed remembering how hard it was at first, adjusting to life in the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam, at the Valley Health Center TB/Refugee Program in San Jose, Calif., Dec. 9.

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Shared stories bond immigrants, Afghan refugees

by Janie Har Associated PressDecember 28, 2021

Firefighters put out hot spots near South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. Authorities are reporting progress in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from a huge forest fire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Progress reported against Tahoe fire

by Sam Metz Associated Press/Report for America, Janie Har Associated Press/Report for America, and John Antczak Associated Press/Report for AmericaSeptember 1, 2021

Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns as a chairlift sits motionless at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Eldorado National Forest, Calif. The main buildings at the ski slope's base survived as the main fire front passed. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Thousands flee Tahoe resort as wildfire descends

by Sam Metz Associated Press/Report for America, and Janie Har Associated Press/Report for AmericaAugust 30, 2021

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2021 file photo, transporters Miguel Lopez, right, Noe Meza prepare to move a body of a COVID-19 victim to a morgue at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 600,000, even as the vaccination drive has drastically slashed daily cases and deaths and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Virus deaths hit 600K, equal to yearly cancer toll

by Janie Har Associated Press, and Michael Kunzelman Associated PressJune 15, 2021

A shopper looks at extension cords at B&C Ace hardware store, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in Grass Valley, Calif., in preparation of the planned Pacific Gas & Electric power shutdown scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

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Blackouts hit Calif. again during fire danger

by Janie Har Associated PressNovember 20, 2019

A home between Healdsburg and Windsor, Calif., is surrounded by charred ground Tuesday but was spared from the Kincade Fire flames.

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Anger grows in California over further blackouts

by Janie Har Associated Press, and Jocelyn Gecker Associated PressOctober 29, 2019

In this photo taken Tuesday, provided by Don Draper, a victim of a car crash is offered assistance from police in Sunnyvale, Calif. Draper, a witness to the crash that injured several people, said he was waiting for the light to turn green when a Toyota Corolla plowed through the intersection at high speed.

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Driver plows car into pedestrians

by Janie Har Associated Press, and Jocelyn Gecker Associated PressApril 26, 2019

Floodwaters from the Russian River partially submerge a vineyard near Guerneville, Calif., on Thursday. The Russian River in the wine country north of San Francisco reached its highest level in 25 years Wednesday night and Sonoma County officials said it wouldn’t return to its banks until late Thursday.

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Damage assessed as Calif. floods recede

by Haven Daley Associated Press, and Janie Har Associated PressFebruary 28, 2019