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Exploring race and racism is part of history classes across the U.S., where slavery, Jim Crow and systematic discrimination have all played a part in how Americans perceive one another. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Reporters And Residents Probe Tulare County History Of Accused Golden State Killer
The arrest of the man suspected of being the Golden State Killer shocked the nation last week. 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo is accused of being behind a string of murders, rapes and robberies that have been attributed to a suspect also known as the East Area Rapist and the Original …
Read More »Fresno State Professors Examine Efforts To Whitewash Slavery’s Brutal History With New Book
The Civil War ended over 150 years ago, but the battle over interpreting it has never really stopped. A new book by Fresno State history professors Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts looks at the way attitudes and interpretations of the war and slavery have changed over the decades in …
Read More »Project Seeks To Preserve Delano’s History
Many communities across the valley have rich histories. The challenge in many cases is preserving those stories, memories, photos and artifacts for future generations. In one Kern County community, a new effort is underway to do just that. We recently spoke with history professor Oliver Rosales about the Digital Delano …
Read More »These are the people preserving Merced County’s history, and how they’ll be honored
Several people and organizations who have worked to preserve and maintain Merced County history will be honored Sunday with awards and grants by the Merced County Historical Society. Here’s a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Centenarian elm falls in Seattle park, closing a chapter of history
It stood for about a century, right at the center of this vast green sward, but a windstorm at the stub end of the year took it down, felling one … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater city manager’s ‘past history’ warrants deeper background check, mayor says
The mayor of Atwater said the city should go forward with an outside background check of the city’s next interim city manager, an effort to bring greater transparency to the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Newest judge takes her oath, the third woman in Merced County’s history to do so
Merced’s newest judge took the oath of office on Friday, becoming Merced County’s third female judge in history. Jeanne E. Schechter, 54, of La Grange joined the Merced County Superior … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘The canary in the coal mine for mass shootings’: Texas suspect’s history fits a pattern
Four days before a black-clad gunman walked into a south Texas church and sprayed the congregation with bullets, killing at least 26 people, late-night host Samantha Bee highlighted the connection … Click to Continue »
Read More »What are the deadliest mass shootings in US history?
The U.S. woke up Monday to the horrific news that a shooting in Las Vegas left at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured. The gunman, identified by police … Click to Continue »
Read More »New Book Celebrates History, Culture Of Highway 99, California’s “Main Street”
The highway plays an important part in the mystique of the American West. From the so-called “Mother Road” of Route 66 that wound from Chicago to LA, to the picturesque beauty of the California coast along Highway 1, our highways are more than just transportation infrastructure, they are a part …
Read More »This Los Banos teen had no criminal history. That changed on one summer day
On a summer morning in 2015, a Merced County teenager armed himself with a stolen pistol and launched into a daylong crime spree. When it was over, Moses Mann, a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspect in police shooting had history of fighting with cops, threats, records show
A man killed Monday during a shootout with two Los Banos police officers had a history of fighting with law enforcement and drug use and two restraining orders filed against … Click to Continue »
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