Posts Tagged ‘history’
The 12 flags of California
Texas has embraced the slogan “Six flags over Texas” in recognition of the six sovereign countries that once presided over the state, incorporating their emblems into malls, official buildings, and the namesake theme park Six Flags. If California did the same, it would need a lot more flagpoles. All told, at least 12 flags have flown over the…
Read MoreBob Calhoun’s obsession with the gruesome and lurid
Bob Calhoun reminds us that while we may be alarmed by rising numbers of homicides in the Bay Area today, the region’s history has been far worse. Calhoun, the writer of the popular SF Weekly column “Yesterday’s Crime” and author of the new book…
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