If California were a country, its gross domestic product would rank fifth in the world, behind only the United States, China, Japan and Germany. As a mere state, its impact — cultural, political, ...

President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State of the Union address on this day in history, Dec ...

Governor Gavin Newsom this week announced the West Coast is following the lead of Northeast states and developing its own roadmap to reopen the region. California, which the governor has called a ...

Installation view of California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848–1865 (California African American Museum, Los Angeles) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LOS ANGELES — Despite ...

Right now there are debates going on across the country about history: who gets to write and tell our stories, and who gets left out. This week, we feature some of our favorite California ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new law took effect on Jan. 1, 2025(photo/Canva Pro). California enacted Assembly Bill 1821 (AB 1821) last week, mandating ...