That’s what Timothy Leary exhorts the crowd at the Human Be-In, a protest of sorts over a new law signed in October 1966 by Gov.…
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On a chilly, wet January 8, 1863, invited dignitaries and passers-by gather at K and Front Streets in what’s now Old Sacramento to watch the…
Comments closedWhat’s supposed to be the West Coast’s Woodstock attracts 300,000 to the Altamont Speedway between Tracy and Livermore in the Bay Area on December 6,…
Comments closedWhile making his morning inspection of the sawmill he is building with John Sutter near the Maidu Indian village of Cullumah — now Coloma —…
Comments closedAfter 11 years, seven months and five days, the town of Yerba Buena on the northeastern corner of the San Francisco Peninsula is no more.…
Comments closedThat’s what quarterback Joe Montana says to tackle Harris Barton in the huddle in Super Bowl XXIII with 3:20 minutes left on the clock and…
Comments closedOn January 21, 1867, San Francisco Police Officer Armand Barbier rashly arrests Joshua Norton, self-proclaimed “Emperor of these United States” and “Protector of Mexico,” on charges…
Comments closedThe three-person federal Public Land Commission is charged with determining the validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants in California. The 1851 legislation creating the…
Comments closedChowchilla becomes a city on February 7, 1923. Fifteen miles northwest of Madera in the Central Valley, Chowchilla embraces city hood almost 11 years after Pennsylvania-born…
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