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How the No. 2 pencil became a uniquely American school supply staple
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (463+ words) Boxes of Up & Up No. 2 HB pencils are displayed for sale at a Target store on August 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. For generations of Americans, a sharpened No. 2 pencil has represented childhood and coming of age. Still a fixture of back-to-school shopping…...
Part 2: La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley, On Comunidad Del Valle
2+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) NBC Bay Area Part 2: La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley, On Comunidad Del Valle...
Part I: La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley, On Comunidad Del Valle
2+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) Part 1: La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley, On Comunidad Del Valle NBC Bay Area Part 1: La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley, On Comunidad Del Valle...
Retired lieutenant analyzes sinking of boat in the San Francisco Bay
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (25+ words) NBC Bay Area Retired lieutenant analyzes sinking of boat in the San Francisco Bay...
San Jose woman who worked as a Rosie the Riveter during World War II turns 102
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (115+ words) The San Jose native who helped build ships as a Rosie the Riveter during World War II celebrated her 102nd birthday Sunday. Vita Fota was surrounded by her family as she celebrated her birthday at the South Bay Yacht Club in…...
San Francisco exhibit shines light on Japanese Americans who fought for U.S. in WWII
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (529+ words) In the days and months following the attack on Pearl Harbor, drawing the U.S. into World War II, thousands of people of Japanese descent in the U.S. were forced from their homes and into incarceration camps in a wave of anti-Japanese racism....
San Jose woman who worked as Rosie the Riveter during World War II turns 102
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (32+ words) NBC Bay Area San Jose woman who worked as Rosie the Riveter during World War II turns 102...
U.S. aims to exhume and identify 88 USS Arizona crew members buried as unknowns after Pearl Harbor
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (671+ words) A reporter from then-NBC affiliate KGU was live from Honolulu, Hawaii, during the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, describing it over the radio in the only live broadcast of the attack. The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors…...
Day of Remembrance in San Francisco pays tribute to Japanese internment survivors
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (343+ words) Survivors of America’s Japanese internment camps for nearly a decade have held an annual prayer ceremony and commemoration to remind people of the dark chapter of history. Sergio Quintana reports. This year brought a twist as organizers staged the memorial…...
From mystery to reunion: how 100-year-old SF love letters found their way home
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (409+ words) In this edition of Bay Area Proud, Garvin Thomas provides an update on a trove of hundred-year-old letters between a San Francisco man and his wife. The letters were discovered by a New Jersey woman who has now helped return…...