Monterey County holds a unique place in California history and played a foundational role in the state’s birth. Here’s what’s ...

In “Sun Seekers: The Cure of California,” Lyra Kilston complicates the history of health in the Golden State with stories that meander even further back to the mid-19th century and to wellness ...

Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of conventional wisdom.

Art historian Jenni Sorkin surveys the history of visual art in California from the early 20th century to the present.

The story of the botanical gardens big and small throughout southern California is more than just about seeds and earth -- it's the story of people who toil away in the dirt to make it happen.

Panelists talked about the history of politics in California. Marc Cooper moderated. Bill Boyarsky wrote [Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics] by University of California Press ...

Sam Garcia was in her final year at University of California, Davis, when, like many students in their college years, she had ...

On this ghost hunt, every corner brings another ghoulish story from San Francisco history. The group stops at the former home of Mary Ellen Pleasant, whose ghost is said to haunt the area. As KQED’s ...

A new law will ensure that every K-12 student in California learns the story of the Serrano people and other California native tribes who endured atrocities during the Spanish colonial and Gold ...

That the Anza Borrego State Park ever came into existence is a miracle and the list of dedicated individuals who made it so is long.