Architect Steven Shortridge’s living room has sky for a ceiling. The 16-by-20-foot outdoor room he calls his “front-side yard” is nearly half the size of his Lilliputian (750 square feet ...

On Nov. 2, 1920, when Nevada County women went to the polls for the first time to vote for the next United States senator from California, the major party candidates were Democrat James Phelan and ...