Dozens of communities were destroyed after tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forced from their homes during World ...

And that may be why it’s surprising that so few people know about the Point Fermin Lighthouse, on an especially picturesque ...

Hanover Company has landed a $120.4 million loan to build 1,140 apartments atop a historic orchard in north San Jose.

A decade after a face-lift that took two years to complete, 956 South Van Ness Ave. is ready for her close-up. The Italianate Victorian was designed by a prominent California architect in 1872, and ...

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 3. Paranoia by James O. Born & James Patterson - (Little, Brown and Company) 6. Three Days in June by Anne Tyler - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) ...

Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington (DC Self-portrait (1840) by Henry Fitz Jnr (Credit ... that is ...

The Kansas City Chiefs were vying to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. Instead, they became the ...

The recipes that follow are from my recently published cookbook, A Cook's Table (co-authored with Todd Wernstrom). The ...

On Feb. 6 1840, representatives of the British Crown and 500 Māori tribal leaders signed a treaty at Waitangi, in New Zealand ...

San Francisco expected Lee to serve as its primary leadoff hitter after he joined the club on a six-year, $113 million deal last offseason, but the 26-year-old center ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Māori ...