Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Luís María Peralta
Born: 1759
Died: August 26, 1851 (aged 92)
Bio: Luis María Peralta was a soldier in the Spanish Army, who received one of the largest of the Spanish land grants, Rancho San Antonio, a 44,800-acre plot that encompassed most of the East Bay region of California.