If you’re planning a trip to California, you won’t want to miss out on the state’s rich history and fascinating landmarks.

California has a long history of tsunamis reaching its coast, and in some cases they've turned deadly. Here's a look back at tsunamis that have impacted the California coastline. Crescent City in ...

Voters approved the creation of the county of Riverside in 1893 from portions of San Bernardino and San Diego counties, and just like that, the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs were within the newly ...

More than a thousand students from across California gathered in Sacramento from May 2 through May 4 to showcase months of extensive historical research and analysis at History Day California. As a ...

In his dedication to the new book about the scenery of San Diego, author and artist Rex Brandt credited Charles and Kay Shelton with the idea for the publication. The book was a remarkable document of ...

BE LYING TO CONGRESS. WELL, TROPICAL CYCLONES AREN’T A REGULAR PART OF CALIFORNIA’S WEATHER, BUT IF ONE COMES OUR WAY, IT’S MOST LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER. AND METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN SHOWS ...

A few months ago, while visiting the rooftop bar at a Residence Inn in Berkeley, I picked up the city’s glossy “official visitors’ guide” and searched it for the historical nuggets that these kinds of ...

Well, next, we look at the first, at the history of the first California state legislature, the issue that divided them, and why we know so much about the first session. This week marks 176 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tucked behind sunlit gardens where Jefferson and Pierce streets meet above Friendly Plaza in Monterey, the historic adobe Casa de ...