African Americans in California. Juan RodrÃ­guez Cabrillo's ship entered San Diego Bay, which marked the discovery of Alta California. The Inspector General of New Spain, JosÃ© de Galvez, began to develop plans for the further expansion, exploitation, and colonization of Alta California.
Waco siege, a 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, when the religious groupâs compound near Waco, Texas, was destroyed in a fire. Nearly 80 people were killed.
City of Waco Properties For Sale. Marshall Stewman drove Friday from Dallas to Waco, where he closed on the purchase of an 11,000-square-foot building in easy walking distance of Magnolia Market at the Silos, a tourist magnet at Sixth Street and Webster Avenue that attracts 35,000 people a week to the edge of downtown.