Movie palaces and theater pipe organs were well before my time, but the Warnors Theater is a proud survivor of the golden age of silent movies and vaudeville. Built in an architectural style known as Spanish Colonial Revival, the theater has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. This episode of California’s Gold originally aired June […]
This episode originally aired in January 1999 — but Cargill is still very much a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, involved in not only salt production but also playing a part in efforts to transform industrial ponds into tidal wetlands as part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Many of us who have flown into San […]
Although I have a bit of family history centering on the Yuba City area, I’ve never really explored that region; and I tend to forget that there was a lot of Gold Rush history along the Yuba River back in the 1850s. In fact, a long stretch along the river west of Timbuctoo looks very familiar to me because it […]
Huell’s visit to the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown was quite a long time ago — the episode originally aired October 2, 2005. But this amazing refuge, established back in 1978, is still going strong today; and it’s open to the public for trail rides and other special events. Of course, being a nonprofit organization, they welcome any donations or […]
Arthur Harold Beal was a true California character, the creator of a one-of-a-kind house that in 1986 was designated California Historical Monument #939. Huell’s visit to the site originally aired on September 25, 2002. Unfortunately, the house was sold in 2022 and is currently listed as permanently closed. But because it was such a popular and quirky attraction, searching online […]
During my recent visit to San Francisco I took a tour of the art museum in the Legion of Honor, and among the treasures I found a number of ancient Egyption artifacts (which I’ll be sharing with you at a later date). Until I discovered this episode of California’s Gold, originally aired in March 2001, I had no idea that […]
I don’t know how the weather is in your location, but it would be an understatement for me to say I’ve really had enough of the summer heat! I’m already looking forward to the wintertime; so today I decided to feature a nice cool topic in this episode of California’s Gold, originally aired in April 2001. I’ve never gone ice […]
To all the folks who, like me, are in the U.S., I don’t know about you but my neighborhood got pretty boisterous last night. It seemed like everybody in this part of town was out in the streets shooting off mortars and cannons for several hours — and from what I see on the local news, it wasn’t only in […]
A couple of days ago I stumbled upon a news article describing the history of Sacramento’s Japantown and how it was basically erased in the period following World War 2. I was amazed to learn that at one time there were more than 30 flourishing Japantowns throughout California — now there are only three, in San Francisco, San Jose, and […]