9+ hour, 14+ min ago  (360+ words) Editorial writers can be a curmudgeonly lot. Francis Pharcellus Church was no exception. An editorial writer and columnist for the New York Sun, he was said to be sarcastic, sometimes disdainful. The son of a Baptist minister, Church had covered…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (631+ words) BERKELEY " The Cal football team, which doesn't seem to know what kind of season it's going to have, gets its highest-profile chance yet to make an impression when No. 15 Virginia visits Memorial Stadium for the first time on Saturday afternoon....

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (655+ words) It wasn't exactly a surprise to Cal coach Justin Wilcox when told his 5-2 Golden Bears are underdogs Friday night against 2-5 Virginia Tech. In fact, the topic is just not on his radar. "I never look at that," Wilcox said. "It's…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1114+ words) One of President James Monroe's Virginia estates is up for sale and the family that owns the property wants to make it a state park. One of President James Monroe's Virginia estates is up for sale and the family that…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1072+ words) While on an artists" retreat at a former slave plantation, our columnist Eirinie Carson muses on history"s worst moments " and their echoes today. I am in Virginia and I can't stop thinking about slavery. My Black father remembers my…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (773+ words) Heavy snow and freezing rain caused hundreds of crashes in Virginia and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark as the central Appalachians and parts of the mid-Atlantic states are bracing for heavy rains. Heavy snow and freezing…...