With all the talk about flags lately, we’ve been thinking about our own. No, not the handsome California Republic ... dictatorship” or “a Rastafarian clipart nightmare.” ...

The rebel standard, the flag of the so-called California Republic, became the California State Flag. It’s time California dump that flag, a symbol of blatant illegality and racial prejudice.

But how much do you know about the origins of the state flag — the grizzly bear perched on a patch of green, the red star high on the left, the words “California Republic” below? It’s a ...

When California adopted an official state flag in 1911, they hearkened back to the days of that brief republic of 1846 and chose a modernized rendition of the (mistaken) bear flag design.

The California state flag that we know today was not adopted by the state legislature until 1953, but how did a bear, a red star and the words “California Republic” find themselves on the ...