August 2021

CAPITOLA - The new curator of the Capitola Museum is perhaps a familiar face to people who find their roots, like her, in the old town of retirement. Deborah Osterberg grew up just above Capitola Village, attending elementary through high…

By Robert Knudsen. Photographs of the White House. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston - Public domain via Commons Wikimedia The last king and queen of Afghanistan were exiled in 1973, and…

Hurricane Ida was elevated to Category 2 on Saturday as it intensified towards the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast, where people were preparing for it to make landfall as a Category 4 storm putting Life threatening in what officials said could be…

The Statue of Liberty is one of America's most significant landmarks, and that's how it came to be off the coast of New York City.…

Hello and welcome to Essential California bulletin. It is Wednesday 25 August. I am Justin Ray.In Palm Springs, there is a disagreement over a statue. No, I'm not talking about that of Marilyn monroe; I'm talking about the resemblance…

Updates from Josephine BakerSign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Josephine Baker's news. Some foreign visitors may have no idea who she was, but there is already a Joséphine Baker Square and Joséphine…

The minister mainly, by John Oliver Killens (Amistad). Unpublished for more than thirty years after the death of its author in 1987, this insane novel takes place in the imaginary African nation of Guanaya, where the discovery of mineral…

HOUSTON — For nearly 60 years, Houston collector and philanthropist Fayez S. Sarofim has quietly put together one of America's most important collections of art in private hands. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, offered an exceptional…

Along the main street, volunteers distributed hot meals, bottled water and supplies. The churches had been turned into shelters. Some residents persisted in returning home, not knowing where to start."It smells of death," said Ms Burns,…

The Circles neighborhood west of Santa Cruz was founded in 1890 as the Garfield Park State Christian Disciples Campground. Its centerpiece was a park with a tabernacle that also served as a community center, which burned down in 1935,…