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  • Preview Professor: Marcel Madness!

    By on March 15, 2016

    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,...

  • Preview Professor: Sactown

    By on February 23, 2016

    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...

  • Preview Professor: The Bear Flag

    By on February 2, 2016

    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...

  • Preview Professor: Black Bart

    By on October 27, 2015

    Black Bart Strikes Again! In this week in California history, notorious stagecoach (covered wagon) bandit Charles Earl Bowles, aka Black Bart, was reported to have added...