John Steinbeck’s “realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception” earns the Salinas native the 1962 Nobel Prize for…
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One the ugliest and most violent attacks on any group of people in California takes place on October 24, 1871. The “Los Angeles Massacre” or…
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Newlyweds Harry and Esther Snyder open the first In-N-Out burger stand on October 22, 1948. It’s California’s first drive-thru restaurant. The Baldwin Park site at…
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San Francisco’s “Great Quake” – at least until the 7.8 magnitude quake of April 18,1906 — strikes at 7:53 a.m. on October 21, 1868. The…
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Although Congress concludes extended and acrimonious debate that brings California into the Union on September 9, 1850, it isn’t until 40 days later, on October…
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