Janie Har, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette - Page 3 of 3

In this April 27, 2002, file photo, a copy of a poster from 1942 is posted in front of an antique Greyhound bus in downtown Watsonville, California, as participants reenact what happened to their relatives exactly 60 years earlier during their internment in 1942. Roughly 120,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans were sent to desolate camps that dotted the West because the government claimed they might plot against the U.S.

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Executive order that incarcerated Japanese Americans is 75

by Janie Har Associated PressFebruary 18, 2017

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, center, is flanked by emergency personnel during a press conference near the site of a warehouse fire Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. The death toll in the fire climbed Monday with more bodies still feared buried in the blackened ruins, and families anxiously awaited word of their missing loved ones. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Warehouse fire toll up to 36

by Paul Elias Associated Press, and Janie Har Associated PressDecember 5, 2016

Smoke from a wildfire spreads over woods, as seen from White Rock in Carmel Valley, southeast of Monterey, Calif., Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Acting Gov. Tom Torlakson, substituting for Gov. Jerry Brown who is at the Democratic National Convention with other top state officials, declared a state of emergency for the fire and another wildfire outside of Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The move frees up funding and relaxes regulations to help with the firefight and recovery. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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Calif. wildfire threatens homes in tourist hotspot

by Terence Chea Associated Press, and Janie Har Associated PressJuly 28, 2016