On her 100th birthday in 1962, Lydia Flood Jackson is honored by the City of Oakland as their oldest living native and the daughter of…
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Stories about technology and commerce in California
On March 18, 1947, a basketball game tips off at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Corona. It has all the makings of any high stakes game.…
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Between 1864 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toil at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct America’s first transcontinental railroad.…
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Mosquitoes and the weather is the chief topic, according to the Associated Press, as mayors in New Jersey and California inaugurate coast-to-coast direct dialing on…
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On December 6, 1887, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues a patent for Dam and Reservoir Construction to Harriet Russell Strong, Whittier walnut farmer…
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On May 16, 1960, a newly constructed scientific laboratory on a hillside above the Pacific Ocean sees the first test of a scientific device that…
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In 1975, Edward V. Roberts is named director of the California Department of Vocational Rehabilitation — the same agency that had previously declared him “unemployable.”…
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On June 17, 1930, federal law changes to allow the patenting of new varieties of plants. The Plant Patent Act of 1930 Is created to…
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Early on the morning of June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roars off of Kennedy Launch Complex 39 beginning a six-day mission to deploy…
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On March 17, 1950, a team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley announce the discovery of a new element. Although California has long…
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