The Economist

What to read about the history of California

For a broad overview of California’s story start with Kevin Starr’s one-volume history of the state. The historian and former state librarian somehow manages to cover everything from the Spaniards’ ...
The New York Times

A Conversation With the History Curator of the California African American Museum

Susan D. Anderson talks about the forgotten history of California’s earliest Black residents. By Soumya Karlamangla Black residents make up a relatively small share of California’s population. But the ...
LAist

The History of California Baseball

Larry Mantle talks with author Kevin Nelson about his new book The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball (Heyday books), that chronicles more than 150 years of baseball history from sandlot ...
Los Angeles Magazine

The Colorful History of California License Plates

With recent news that the California DMV has begun production on the black license plates with the same gold lettering of the 1960s, we look back at the colorful history of California’s plates, prior ...
Los Angeles Times

How did a Moroccan pirate queen become the ‘Spirit of California’?

A Diego Rivera mural titled “The Allegory of California” hides in a private staircase inside the City Club of San Francisco. It depicts a woman often referred to as the Spirit of California and the ...
kcra.com

How often do tropical remnants hit California? A look at the history

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 ...
EurekAlert!

The Florida Museum of Natural History publishes “The Butterflies of California,” a book five decades in the making

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently published “The Butterflies of California,” an online book that contains a ...