Every September 28, California tips its hat to a moment that changed the course of West Coast history: the day Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed into what is now San Diego
CHANNEL ISLANDS— San Clemente Island was discovered in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who called it La Victoria after one of his two ships; soon after discovering the island he
CATALINA ISLAND— In 1542, a Spanish explorer named Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo became the first European to land on Catalina Island. Over the next several centuries, other Spaniards would stop at
Imagine San Diego maintaining the name originally bestowed on her by the explorer who sailed through these parts in 1542. Today we’d be calling the nation’s southwestern-most city as San
