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I fashioned my model, painted it and over time watched its walls crack and crumble.

Interstate Route 80: - Chains required except for four wheel drive vehicles for 46.7 miles between Alta California Exit 146 and 0.9 miles west of Junction Hirschdale Road Exit 194.

An institution in downtown Vallejo, Richard Lemke has been given another chance to shine a spotlight on the city's past.

After attending our new superintendent's welcome reception last Tuesday, it is very evident that the citizens, students and employees of the Morgan Hill Unified School District are eager, excited and ready to embrace Dr.

The Pea Adobe in Vacaville was the setting for a unique event Saturday in which dozens gathered to celebrate the area's rich history.

The latest problem with reinstalling the 1969 Portola-Crespi Cross on Del Monte Beach is not a problem of separating church from state, but rather a problem of separating fact from fiction.

"You wouldn't have known Virgil Benedict Harrigan was a millionaire. The longtime Roseville resident didn't drive flashy cars, and his golf clubs were at least 10 years old.

Today, November 6th, is Marooned Without a Compass Day. Historical markers along lake and seashores tell many tales of lost ships and travelers.

Caltrans has closed its detour east of Colfax caused by Interstate 80 construction.

The Pea Adobe Historical Society will be hosting the Alta California 2009 Culture Capital of America Saturday at the Pea Adobe Park in Lagoon Valley.

Beverley Messner holds a photo of herself when she was 3, being steadied by the woman who eventually became her stepmother, Barbara Newman.

It's good that Auburn-area schools officials are openly talking about reorganization, as they did last week in an information workshop hosted by the Placer County Office of Education.

An image of a lithograph courtesy "History of Nevada County 1880" , of The Union's building at West Main and Mill streets, downtown Grass Valley, 1880.

It may seem just like another photo op, but Saturday's downtown Vallejo event is meant for something bigger -- a chance to be part of history and help support two Vallejo high school bands.

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. We all know the grade-school rhyme that helps children everywhere remember just which Italian explorer planted a little European flag in the North American continent, bringing with him horses, coffee and smallpox.

Visitors who showed up at Monterey State Historic Park after Labor Day expecting to tour Larkin House, the adobe brick house considered the prototype for Monterey Colonial architecture, got a rude surprise.

Home> Cookbooks> Cookbooks in English Author : Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico.

'Lord make me an instrument of your peace.' In 1219, St. Francis of Assisi sought a nonviolent way to resolve the conflict between Christians and Muslims.

John Theodore Talbot first came to California as a member of John C. FrA©mont's second exploratory expedition into the American West, then made a return visit as part of FrA©mont's third expedition in 1846.

Rancho Cordova's Home Depot "Orange Embrace" and Walmart helped as sponsors in support of the national mission "Bring Home The Spirit of History." Here, residents hold the award flag to distinguish Rancho Cordova as one of fifty cities leading the ALTA CALIFORNIA 2009 CULTURE CAPITAL OFAMERICA.