It’s February 19, 1915. Top-hatted Mayor James “Sunny Jim” Rolph is at the head of 150,000 San Franciscans as they march from the Civic Center…
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Stories about the lives and landscapes of California
To better coordinate state public works efforts, Gov. James Gillett signs legislation on March 11, 1907 creating the Department of Engineering, whose Division of Highways…
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The Eighth Annual Academy Awards is held at Los Angeles’ Biltmore Hotel on March 5, 1936. The Master of Ceremonies is director Frank Capra who…
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So says Universalist and Unitarian minister Thomas Starr King on his San Francisco deathbed, March 4, 1864. According to Charles Wendte’s 1921 biography of Starr…
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In what they themselves describe as a “dingy room at 417 Clay Street,” two teenagers – Charles de Young, 19, and his 17-year-old brother Michael…
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On December 16, 1896, Griffith J. Griffith and his wife Christina give Los Angeles 3,015 acres to use as a public park. Since then, another…
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On December 13, 1900, the Automobile Club of Southern California is founded in Los Angeles. It’s one of the country’s first motor clubs. although the…
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Built to resemble a mission, the first – and only — Milestone Mo-tel in San Luis Obispo is a new kind of lodging designed for California’s…
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On November 27, 1978, angered that he wasn’t to be reappointed to the Board of Supervisors slot he resigned from on November 10, Dan White…
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In November 1903, Gov. George Pardee and his family move into the Governor’s Mansion at 16th and H Streets in Sacramento. Pardee, his wife Helen and their four…
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