President Herbert Hoover issues Proclamation 2028 preserving some 2 million acres of “scenic, scientific and educational interest” in southeastern California that also happen to be…
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Stories about the lives and landscapes of California
In 1961, the Beach Boys receive their first paycheck for playing three songs at the Richie Valens Memorial Concert at the Long Beach Auditorium. Most…
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Segregation is prohibited in California schools when a federal judge agrees with Gonzalo and Felicita Mendez that their daughter, Sylvia, was unfairly denied enrollment at…
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Ettore Steccone, 26, immigrates to America in 1922 seeking his fortune. He becomes a window cleaner in Oakland. Steccone is a familiar sight on his…
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When President James K. Polk receives news that his emissary has signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, it’s doubtful he imagines…
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Laura de Force Gordon gives the first speech on suffrage in California at San Francisco’s Platt Hall on February 19, 1868. Her topic is “The…
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In 1936, California opens what’s then the longest bridge in the world. Enough Bay Area residents want to experience the new Bay Bridge firsthand that…
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Using a Chinese-made Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, 24-year-old Patrick Edward Purdy kills five children and wounds 29 other students and a teacher when he opens…
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At a McDonald’s franchise in Goleta, a breakfast sandwich – egg, cheese, Canadian bacon on a toasted English muffin – is served for the first…
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President Teddy Roosevelt issues the proclamation creating 295-acre Muir Woods National Monument, 12 miles north of San Francisco in Marin County. Muir Woods is the…
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