Thursday, August 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1846, U.S. forces under Commodore Robert Stockton and Col. John C. Frémont marched into Los Angeles without firing a shot during the Mexican-American War, taking control of the Mexican provincial capital. A roller coaster may be thrilling for riders, but apparently less so for the […]

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise made its first free flight, gliding to a landing on the dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. Some people collect stamps, others collect coins, and then there are the hobbyists keeping vintage computers up and […]

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1934, the first civilian federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, the rocky outcrop that would go on to hold Al Capone and more than 1,500 convicts before closing in 1963. California’s Central Coast is looking increasingly cosmic, with rocket launches ramping […]

Monday, August 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1990, NASA’s Magellan spacecraft slipped into orbit around Venus, a mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Over the next four years, Magellan used radar to map nearly the entire cloud-covered planet. School lunch is getting an upgrade in Los Angeles, where students […]

Sunday, August 9, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1995, the Silicon Valley startup Netscape sold shares to the public for the first time. The barely year-old company’s stock more than doubled on day one, minting instant fortunes and helping kick off the dot-com boom. 49ers legend Roger Craig earned his Hall of Fame […]

The California Flyover Speaking of Hollywood spectacle, Netflix has a man living inside a billboard 30 feet above Sunset Boulevard this weekend. Would that kind of promotion make you stop and look—or keep on driving? Hit reply and tell us.                 ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ […]

Friday, August 7, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey rolled into San Francisco as the first woman to drive across America, completing a 3,800-mile journey from New York in 59 days behind the wheel of a green Maxwell. Sometimes the best meals come with a side of ocean breeze. A […]

Thursday, August 6, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1846, U.S. Marines under Lt. Jacob Zeilin raised the American flag at San Pedro, seizing the harbor for Commodore Robert Stockton, with San Pedro serving as the base camp for the march that led to the bloodless occupation of Los Angeles a week later. The […]

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her Brentwood home in Los Angeles at age 36 from a sedative overdose. California may soon have a high-tech lifeguard in the water. A solar-powered ocean robot that can detect sharks and launch drones sounds like science […]

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1985, California Angels first baseman Rod Carew lined an opposite-field single off Minnesota’s Frank Viola at Anaheim Stadium to become just the 16th player in major league history to reach 3,000 hits. California’s famous coastal summer fog seems to have taken the season off. As […]