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California’s Chumash culture. Before the arrival of Gaspar de Portola’s land expedition in 1769, the Chumash population in California was estimated at around 22,000. Their territory stretched ...
The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara, just reopened after an extensive renovation, and Travel + Leisure was the first to see it.
Sly Stone, San Francisco deejay turned funk music icon, has died, his family announced on Monday. He was 82. Sly Stone died following complications from COPD(X) “It is with profound sadness that ...
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, shown with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in January, is a "stone cold liar," Newsom said Sunday. (AP Photo | Mark Schiefelbein, File) AP. By .
During the band’s brief, but influential time at the top of the music charts, Sly and the Family Stone recorded several Top-10 hits including "Everyday People,” “Dance to the Music,” and ...
Sly Stone, a prominent funk innovator who produced chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s with his band, has died. The 82-year-old Texas native passed away after a prolonged battle with COPD ...
Questlove directed 2025’s Sly Lives!(aka the Burden of Black Genius), which reexamined Stone’s legacy and focused on how his influence continues to impact popular music today.It included ...
Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music ...
Sly Stone, the frontman of the band Sly and the Family Stone, had died. He was 82. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family ...
Announced last night, this mode is still relatively under wraps, but does feature two names you may recognise: Stone and Knight. These two popped up in the Hitman Sniper mode.
The Chumash Revolt resulted in the deaths of 43 natives and 8 soldiers, with Santa Clarita being a primary crossroad for both sides of the battle. To read yesterday’s today in SCV history, click ...
Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.