With the 2015-16 regular season in the books, many of you are gearing up for the Stanley Cup playoffs by organizing hockey pools. These are...
This week in California history, Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on 4 April 1850. Of course, L.A. has a much longer history that stretches...
On this day in California history, San Francisco was rocked by an earthquake in 1957. Registering 5.3 on the Richter scale, it was the strongest shock...
Forget the hoops. Forget the hardwood. The Royal Half has got you covered this month with Marcel Madness. While all eyes will be on the NCAA tournament,...
This week in California history, Sacramento was designated the state capital on 25 February 1854. After gold was discovered in 1848, ambitious surveyors, miners, and settlers...
This week in California history, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on 19 February 1942, giving the secretary of war the sweeping powers to detain...
This week in California Kings history, Wayne Gretzky scored his 45th career hat trick in a 6-2 win over the Blackhawks on 12 February 1989. His first goal...
On this day in California history, in 1911, the state legislature made the Bear Flag the state’s official banner. The antecedents of the flag can be traced...
On this day in 1937 in California history, millionaire aviator Howard Hughes broke the landplane distance speed record when he piloted his aircraft, the Winged...
This week in California history, Los Angeles Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke made headlines when he threatened to fine his players $100 each for not protesting a...
Join us here at the Royal Half throughout the month of December as we bring you a Los Angeles Kings Advent Calendar. No one should expect to get...
This week in California history, naturalist and preservationist John Muir passed away in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve in 1914. Born in Scotland in...
This week in California history, in 1906, the Pacific Fruit Express was formed. Jointly owned by the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, the Express...
This week in California history, Mario Savio delivered his iconic speech on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964. Savio was...
The Rock: Alcatraz 1969 This week in California history, Alcatraz was seized by eighty-nine Native American protesters on 20 November 1969. The group consisted of...
The Royal Rebound We didn’t have to dig too far into the archives this week to bring some notable California hockey history. On this day in 2007, Los...
The Los Angeles Aqueduct This week in California history, the Los Angeles Aqueduct began gushing water on 5 November 1913. In the late nineteenth century,...