January 11 Ranchos in 1842 Rancho Entre Napa, a 7,000-acre land grant including the modern city of Napa, was deeded. War in 1847 Colonel Frémont received a message from General Kearny informing him of the capture of Los Angeles. That night Frémont’s battalion camped at Mission San Fernando. Movies in 1927  Louis Mayer, head Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio, announced […]