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Get To Know A Group Local History DigestAvi Kwa Ame National Monument will protect sacred Native American sites, wildlife.
(Nov. 30, 2022) → Read the full Santa Cruz Sentinel reportCalifornians are accustomed to being battered by many of nature's whims. Less familiar are volcanic eruptions like the one currently taking place at Hawaii's Mauna Loa. But California's own volcanoes are capable of violent fury.
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David Schmaltz outlines a pivotal point in California history in his Monterey County Weekly cover story on the Battle of Natividad.
California's government was born out of utter chaos. Here's how the state developed some sort of order to the way it operates, and how it makes and enforces laws.
California is full of places and communities, but most are not cities. Here's what it takes for a community to become a city, the benefits of being one—and why the state has a 'de facto moratorium' on new cities.
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Julia C. Bulette was brutally murdered 155 years ago, but her memory lives on in historic plaques, chautauquas, a saloon named after her and stories. Even the popular American television series “Bonanza,” set on a fictitious family ranch near Lake …
Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel, yet it is the source of 40 percent of the world's energy. California remains an exception to coal industry dominance, using and producing less coal that almost any other state.
Oil aka petroleum holds a tighter grip on California than any other energy source. Here's how Big Oil came to dominate the state and world economy, and some hints at how oil's grip may finally loosen.
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They’ve done it again. Lake Tahoe Historical Society has added to its Historic Walking Tours with one of the oldest neighborhoods: Lakeside Park. There are two walking tours in the series now: Al Tahoe Historic Tour and Lakeside Park History …
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In August 1879, the aspiring Scottish travel writer and poet Robert Louis Stevenson crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a journey to see his lover in Monterey. Suffering from a chronic form of tuberculosis, the 29-year-old bohemian was willing to sacrifice …
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SNOW Sports Museum and Coolfire Studios present three local showings of the documentary “Magic in the Mountains,” which follows the story of how a little-known ski area won the bid for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Olympic Valley. Tahoe Art …
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Over the past few years, the residents and businesses of Markleeville have been to hell and back. First, the Covid-19 pandemic shut down tourism for nearly two years, a mainstay of the town’s economy. In 2021 the massive Tamarack Fire …
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