In 1890, the first year the Philadelphia Fed ... The same phenomenon occurred in San Francisco. 'California was, even before the '60s and '70s, a bit more expensive than the rest of the country ...

The Magdalen Asylum, renamed St. Catherine's Home in the early 1900s. Photo taken February, 1925, from Potrero Avenue and 21st Street, courtesy the Online Archive of California. That means every ...

On Aug. 1, 1890 San Francisco financiers John D. and Adolph Spreckels purchased the San Diego Union newspaper from Col. John R. Berry and Andrew Pollock. Their ownership was not immediately made ...

L.A. took over the lead from San Francisco and never let go. There’s a solid book by historian Mansel Blackford, “The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast ...