On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez’s comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first word aloud: ...

Local History columnist Ross Eric Gibson shares his column this week with local historian Carolyn Swift to tell the story of Judy Steen’s list of notable Santa Cruz County women throughout ...

Nestled among pine-covered hills just an hour east of Sacramento, Placerville offers that increasingly rare California miracle – a place where your Social Security check might actually cover your ...

The California Supreme Court ruled in 1959 that a Los Angeles County policy banning the sale of “crime” comic books to minors was unconstitutional because it was too broad. Sacramento’s ban probably ...

William Land Park is nearby, offering the opportunity to walk off that French toast with a stroll around the pond or through the WPA Rock Garden. The Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town are also within ...

In the mid-20th century, as comic books were on the rise, fears spread over their impact on children, with some arguing they ...

Sacramento's St. Andrews AME Church celebrated a major milestone Sunday, turning 175 years old. It's the oldest historically ...

The cradle of modern-day California civilization is not San Francisco or Los Angeles. It’s Sacramento, or more precisely, ...

Monuments,” a new exhibition at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary, juxtaposes toppled statues and paintings by living artists—and is ...

Agustín Arteaga is the new Mort and Marcy Friedman director and chief executive officer of the Crocker Art Museum. (Photo by ...

Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” makes its West Coast debut at The Huntington’s Marylou and George ...