San Jose Library’s local archive wins one-year reprieve
The California Room, a historical resource at San Jose’s King Library, has earned a reprieve from threatened closure…
Ted Danson apologizing for blackface roast of Whoopi Goldberg
Ted Danson is apologizing for roasting onetime paramour Whoopi Goldberg while wearing blackface. It was the fall of…
Claudine Longet dead: Starlet who shot her Olympian boyfriend was 84
Claudine Longet, the French-born star and ex-wife of crooner Andy Williams who became notorious for the fatal shooting…
The suave style and subtle codes of gay San Francisco in the…
Hal Fischer, Gay Semiotics, 1977, from Hal Fischer: Seminal Works (Aperture, 2025). Courtesy the artist. Nearly half a century…
‘ET’s’ archive has William Shatner on a whale and a young Taylor Swift
Fans of movies, TV and music are enjoying an era when they can access an abundance of news…
Academy Foundation ends Oral History Project and lays off its staff
The Academy Foundation earlier this month laid off all five staffers with its Oral History Projects team, effectively…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Sacramento in 1967
On Oct. 16, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent time in Northern California at Sacramento State. Video…
Isabel Castro and Suzette Quintanilla on the new Selena documentary
The first time I entered a vault holding the Quintanilla family’s archive, I just stood there, overwhelmed by…
27-year-old charged with murder in Oakland shooting death of coach John Beam
OAKLAND, Calif. — A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with murder in the shooting death of celebrated former…
27-year-old charged with murder in Oakland shooting death of coach John Beam
OAKLAND, Calif. — A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with murder in the shooting death of celebrated former…
27-year-old charged with murder in Oakland shooting death of coach John Beam
OAKLAND, Calif. — A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with murder in the shooting death of celebrated former…
‘Last Chance U’ football coach John Beam has died after being shot on campus
OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland’s celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series “Last…