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National Park Service On Tule Lake Airport Fence: “We’ve Certainly Weighed...
LOS ANGELES — On July 24, the National Park Service provided details and an update on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed perimeter fence that would enclose the airstrip at the site of...
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A Look Inside The National Park Service’s General Management Plan Scoping...
by James To On July 24, I attended a public meeting in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, sponsored by the National Park Service, to provide feedback on the development of the Tule Lake Unit of the World War...
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So Far, So Good For National Park Service Staff At Tule Lake
LOS ANGELES — Being part of the Manzanar Committee, and having served on the Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission from 1994-2002, I have had the opportunity to meet and work with most of...
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Former Manzanar Incarceree Hank Umemoto Urges LADWP Board To Halt Plans For...
Hank Umemoto, a former Manzanar incarceree, and author of Manzanar To Mount Whitney: The Life and Times of a Lost Hiker, wrote the following letter to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, Los...
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Proposed Solar Ranch Near Manzanar: Another Threat To Japanese American...
by Bruce Embrey LOS ANGELES — After decades of annual Pilgrimages, lobbying and finally, an act of Congress, the Manzanar National Historic Site was created in 1992. The first of ten War Relocation...
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LADWP’s Solar Ranch Proposal: “A Display Of Cultural Insensitivity To The...
Here is another letter, this time, from a resident of the Owens Valley, to Eric Garcetti, Mayor, City of Los Angeles, opposing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s plan to build a 1,200-acre...
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Manzanar Defiled By The DWP
On January 2, the Los Angeles Times published an unsigned editorial supporting the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s proposal to build a 1,200-acre solar energy generating facility adjacent...
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Owens Valley Resident Criticizes LA Times’ Support Of LADWP’s Proposed Solar...
On January 2, 2014, the Los Angeles Times published an unsigned editorial in support of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s proposal to build a 1,200-acre solar energy generating facility...
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45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2014 Manzanar At Dusk Scheduled For April 26,...
LOS ANGELES — The 45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US...
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Manzanar Committee Calls On Inyo County To Shut Door On Large-Scale Renewable...
The latest development regarding the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s proposed Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch (SOVSR), a 1,200-acre (approximately 1.8 square mile) solar energy generating...
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New At Manzanar NHS: New (And Old) Plaques Now At Visitors Center – Photos
That Manzanar is a National Historic Site is a fact many already know. But long before Manzanar became a unit of the National Park Service on March 3, 1992, the site had already been named as a...
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Muslim Public Affairs Council Opposes LADWP’s Southern Owens Valley Solar...
In a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Muslim Public Affairs Council has joined our call for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to halt their plans to build the Southern Owens...
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The City Project Opposes LADWP’s Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch Near Manzanar
The City Project has announced their opposition to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s plans to build the Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch adjacent to the Manzanar National Historic Site....
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Bernadette Lovato Named As New Superintendent of Manzanar National Historic Site
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. SAN FRANCISCO — Bernadette Lovato has been selected as the new Superintendent for Manzanar National Historic Site in California. Lovato...
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National JACL Opposes LADWP’s Proposed Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch Near...
On June 9, the National Japanese American Citizens League wrote letters to the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and to the president of the LADWP Board of Water...
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Manzanar Cemetery Monument Restored – In Photos
In recent days, the National Park Service began work on restoring and painting the cemetery monument at Manzanar National Historic Site, and they shared photos of their work, now completed. The famous...
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Flooding Damages Manzanar NHS Gardens, Closes Auto Tour Road
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Heavy summer rains the night of July 22-23, 2013, caused significant damage at Manzanar National Historic Site....
View ArticleHow The Japanese American Community Should Commemorate the 76th Anniversary...
LOS ANGELES — On this day, the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Japanese Americans will grit their teeth, expecting to see anti-Japanese comments, not to mention the racial slurs...
View Article44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, 2013 Manzanar At Dusk Program, Scheduled For...
PILGRIMAGE: Bus Transportation Available From Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — The 44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on...
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