Sorting through old paperwork that belonged to Mom along with more old paperwork that came into my possession when Steve and I acquired the buildings that once housed my family’s
Growing up, I heard snippets — little details about everything from overseeing gambling operations and protecting member Chinese merchants to espionage and violence — but I never asked for details.
After World War II, the Chinese population in Hanford declined and the school closed around 1960. New life was breathed into the Chinese School building in 1964 when it became
I started working part-time for The Sentinel in the early 1950s, minimum wage was 50 cents an hour. I worked a few hours after school, six days a week. That