Stay updated with breaking news from May day picnic. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
"Adna Hecox, who preached the first Protestant sermon in California, was living in Soquel when he established the state's first Temperance Society in 1847," writes Ross Eric Gibson. "It was a self-help order where one 'took the pledge' to abstain from alcohol." ....