While the dream of a capital city was gone, Frisbie worked hard to get the U.S. government to buy Mare Island, across the Napa River from Vallejo, for a West Coast naval base.
A new traveling exhibit, “Telling Stories of Mexican California: Real Life and Myth Making,” has arrived at the Tuolumne County Museum on Bradford Avenue, and it opens to the public
A slew of memoirs by Californians, famous and not, crossed my desk this year. The insights, triumphs and tragedies in my four favorites offer a way forward to tackle the Golden State’s uncertain future and serve as a challenge for you to put down your own thoughts for future generations.
A slew of memoirs by Californians, famous and not, crossed my desk this year. The insights, triumphs and tragedies in my four favorites offer a way forward to tackle the Golden State's uncertain future — and serve as a challenge for you to put down your own thoughts for future generations.
I have come to appreciate the wisdom that Pope Francis showed when he did not wait to declare Junípero Serra a saint. How I came to appreciate the wisdom that Pope Francis showed when he did not wait to declare Junípero Serra a saint.