The annual trek to the Portola Discovery site will happen on Saturday, Nov. 1. Co-sponsored by the Pacifica Historical Society, Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Parks, Beaches and ...

Has the Native American contribution to the Spanish “discovery” of San Francisco Bay been ignored? Some people think so. A petition on the internet says it is time to honor the local tribes who helped ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, from Nov. 6 – 11, 1769, Gaspar de Portola and his expedition team camped under the giant redwood called “El Palo Alto” that once stood along the banks of San ...

We were retracing the footsteps of the first non-natives to visit California. And we were getting a late start. The Portola expedition traveled through today’s San Gabriel Valley on July 30, 1769. The ...

San Francisco is no stranger to two things: odd pronunciations and neighborhood pride. Only tourists pronounce Gough Street as “gow,” and only newcomers are confused when the old guard insists that ...

The Village of Portola Springs is one of Irvine’s newest neighborhoods. It is located on the Lomas Ridge foothills overlooking the Orange County Great Park. Like most places in the city of Irvine, ...

Neighbors streamed in and out of Ruth Wallace's Portola district home Saturday, stopping to take in her impressive backyard garden, sip wine, munch on cheese, chat with one another and enjoy the ...