In 1953, a California family bought a 58-acre berry farm for $3,500; decades later they reportedly refused a $90 million offer from Disney and kept farming beside Disneyland

The Fujishiges watched the area around their farm change as Disneyland took shape nearby. For decades, a small family farm stood next to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. While the theme park expanded around it, the Fujishige family continued to grow strawberries, vegetables and herbs on their land.The farm had become an unusual sight in an […]

In 1912, a Black couple bought California beachfront land and built a resort; the city seized it in the 1920s, and a century later their heirs got it back and sold it for nearly $20 million

Charles and Willa Bruce on their wedding day (Left) and Margie Johnson and John Pettigrew in Manhattan Beach in 1927 (Right) A prime piece of Southern California oceanfront property taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago was formally returned to their descendants and then sold back to Los Angeles County for […]

California woman donates $1 million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise $9,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America’s wealthiest counties | World News

Image: KRON 4/ Youtube A California woman has donated $1 million to 100 public school teachers after learning about low teacher pay and funding challenges in their district, giving each educator a surprise check worth $9,161.70. Marin County resident Maja Kristin made the donation to teachers in the Ross Valley School District, where educators […]

A California school has been sued after a field trip of students who were encouraged to wear hijab, given Qurans

Zahra Billoo, CAIR official, called the lawsuit misguided and said the participation of the students in that field trip was voluntary. Two Jewish parents, three former Jewish students, a Hindu parent and a Zoroastrian parent have sued Palo Alto Unified School District and Palo Alto High School principal Brent Kline after the students were encouraged […]

California startup JetZero is building a $3 billion ‘manta ray’ aircraft that promises to cut fuel consumption by 50%, carry 250 passengers and replace traditional windows with screens; Japan Airlines just joined the project

A California-based startup, JetZero, is all set to move closer to a real-world test of a ‘manta ray’ aircraft that could change the future of the airline industry forever. According to the startup, its planned Z4 will carry about 250 passengers, fly roughly 5,750 miles and use 30% to 50% less fuel than the aircraft […]

This routine US Navy training mission near California turned into one of the most discussed UFO cases in recent history

An unidentified flying object shown in a photo first obtained by the New York Times. A routine US Navy training mission off the coast of Southern California in November 2004 turned into one of the most discussed unidentified flying object (UFO) cases in recent history. Nearly two decades later, the incident is still being debated […]

An indigenous Yurok family from California brought a dying river back to life after leading a decades-long fight to remove four dams | World News

Yurok attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis and the Klamath River, where her family helped lead a historic river restoration effort. More than a century after four dams cut off the Klamath River’s natural flow, salmon are finally swimming freely upstream again. The historic comeback follows the completion of the world’s largest dam removal project in October […]

2018 murder of newborn in California: Bakshinderpal Sing Mann, father who buried baby and then fled to Canada, finally sentenced

Bakshinderpal Singh Mann who helped bury his newborn and then fled to Canada has finally been sentenced in California. A disturbing case that started with an unlawful sexual relationship, which resulted in the woman becoming pregnant and giving birth to a baby who was immediately killed and buried, came to an end last month in […]

Cliff swallows abandoned the California town they once filled every spring, then people came together to rebuild their homes and welcomed them back with an annual festival |

For centuries, the arrival of thousands of cliff swallows transformed the skies above a small California town into one of America’s most celebrated wildlife spectacles. Every spring, the agile birds returned almost like clockwork after migrating from South America, filling the air with their distinctive chatter as they rebuilt their mud nests around the historic […]

The legend of California’s terrifying Char-Man: How a wildfire gave birth to one of America’s haunting legends | World News

Deep in the rugged hills outside Ojai, California, a lonely bridge and winding mountain road have become the setting for one of the state’s most enduring ghost stories. For decades, locals have spoken of Char-Man, a horribly burned figure said to emerge from the surrounding forests after dark, terrifying anyone who dares to enter his […]