Lee Foster

Portrait of theBAYAREAWhen the young map-maker and military scout John Fremont saw the present Golden Gate, a gap in the coastal mountains that allowed the mighty Sac-ramento and San Joaquin rivers to reach the ocean, he felt the place deserved an auspicious name.Fremont perceived then, in 1846,...

IntroductionA northern Californian of long standing will sometimes make a conversational reference to "the City". The term will be couched in a deferential, respectful tone. A non-Californian hearing this may wonder if the speaker means Sacramento, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto, or some other...