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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is something strangely beautiful about traipsing through an old cemetery, with its overgrown patches of foliage and ornate headstones. In the early 19th century, these garden cemeteries became ...