Mike McPhateinThe California SunA California high school where students pretty much run the showTucked in a grassy canyon along the Central Coast is a high school where students chop wood and tend livestock between their history and…4 min read·May 16, 2018----
Mike McPhateinThe California SunSnowshoe Thompson was the Paul Bunyan of the Sierra NevadaTwo centuries ago, delivering mail across the icy Sierra Nevada was virtually impossible during the winter — until the arrival of a…3 min read·May 14, 2018--1--1
Mike McPhateinThe California SunWhat happened to the California drive-in?There was a time in California when pretty much everybody went to the drive-in movie theater.3 min read·May 9, 2018--1--1
Mike McPhateinThe California Sun6 fascinating facts about California: Glass Beach and gay marriage editionSan Francisco and Oakland are the nation's capitals of same-sex marriage. According to figures released in 2016, San Francisco had the…4 min read·May 8, 2018----
Mike McPhateinThe California SunIn a state of many Humboldts, recalling a forgotten father of environmentalismIn California, a county, a bay, a university, and a state park all bear the name of Alexander von Humboldt, the Prussian naturalist whose…2 min read·May 7, 2018--1--1
Mike McPhateinThe California SunThe sad saga of the bear said to be depicted on California’s state flagTwo centuries ago, an estimated 10,000 grizzly bears roamed as rulers of the California wilderness.3 min read·May 2, 2018--1--1
Mike McPhateinThe California Sun6 fascinating facts about California: Clint Eastwood and credit cards editionCalifornia's Central Valley used to be so watery that you could take a boat between San Francisco and Bakersfield. Long since vanished…4 min read·May 1, 2018----
Mike McPhateinThe California SunThe Chandelier Tree is a beacon for romance in Los AngelesWhen Adam Tenenbaum hung a few chandeliers from a tree in the front yard of his Los Angeles home, he worried about how people would react.2 min read·Apr 30, 2018----
Mike McPhateinThe California SunA century ago, a Sicilian immigrant carved a subterranean wonderland in the San Joaquin ValleyWhen an immigrant from the Mediterranean island of Sicily arrived in Fresno around 1905, he found the summers brutal.3 min read·Apr 25, 2018----
Mike McPhateinThe California Sun6 fascinating facts about California: Badwater and baby carrots editionCalifornia is home to the contiguous United States's highest and lowest points: Mount Whitney (14,505 feet above sea level) and Badwater…3 min read·Apr 24, 2018----