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second look, i m gasia mikaelian. hawaii and the bay area are two of the most beautiful places in the united states. and you might not have realized how many connections there are in the history of the two places. one of them starts with the sugar industry. this historic film shows the harvesting of sugar in hawaii in the 1940s. in time the growers would form a cooperative called the california and hawaiian sugar refining company or c & h sugar. they opened a refinery in what is now the town of crockett. in hawaii, the children grow up with c & h. in 2006, crockett celebrated the anniversary of that plant. it still processes all of the cane sugar coming out of hawaii under the c & h brand name. the sugar plant and crockett faced working strikes. reporter: crockett nestled along the cardenaa straight, c & h is what it was called. most of the people who lived here worked for c & h. that s back when the plant s work force was 1,500. it s half that now and most wo ....
the mainland to hawaii. all those stories coming up tonight on a second look. good evening i m julie haener and this is a second look. when you think of the ku klux klan you think of a rural area in the deep south. but there was a time when the kukluxklan was here in the bay area. reporter: the date was may 5, 1962, mask men gathered to participate in a ritual like this one. the knights of the ku klux klan were spreading. a reporter under the strict rules of the klan was allowed to attend. he described the scene as quote an almost terrifying human aisle of white. who were these masked men swearing allegiance to hate. chris rombers says the list of kkk members in the 20s might surprise you. members that we ve been able to identify in oakland included people like professionals, managers, small businessmen, sales men, skilled craft workers, members of the oakland fire departments. even the son of a congressman. reporter: cross burnings were common. albany hill ....