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Bob Fletcher, a former California agriculture inspector who, ignoring the resentment of neighbors, quit his job in the middle of World War II to manage the fruit farms of Japanese families forced to live in internment camps, died on May 23 in Sacramento. He was 101. His death was confirmed by Doris Taketa, who was 12 when Mr. Fletcher agreed to run her family’s farm in 1942, the year she and her extended family were relocated to the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. “He saved us,” Ms. Taketa said.
His death was confirmed by Doris Taketa, who was 12 when Mr. Fletcher agreed to run her family’s farm in 1942, the year she and her extended family were relocated to the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas.
“He saved us,” Ms. Taketa said.
"I've always been right in the middle on the gun control issue, and I'm not anymore," she added. "When are we going to get the guns out of the hands of the people who are mentally ill, or when is there enough proof that it's very dangerous to have those types of weapons out there?"
Designated drivers — the people who volunteer to stay sober so they can safely drive others home from bars or parties — aren’t necessarily following through on their promise to refrain from drinking, according to a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. About 40 percent of designated drivers end up having at least one drink, and nearly 20 percent drink enough to impair their ability to drive.
A deer in the Florida Keys is breathing more easily after a deputy removed a Doritos bag from its head. The Monroe County sheriff's deputy discovered the Key deer while on patrol late Saturday evening. Its entire head was stuck in the chips bag. Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin says the deer allowed the deputy to remove the bag without a struggle.
The Monroe County sheriff's deputy discovered the Key deer while on patrol late Saturday evening. Its entire head was stuck in the chips bag.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin says the deer allowed the deputy to remove the bag without a struggle.