Why is California called the Golden State?

California is called the Golden State not because of the gold found at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, but because winter rains make the hills green until the dry air of summer turns them a golden hue.

Hernandez, author of the best-selling book Narcoland, is one of Mexico’s most prominent investigative journalists. The November intrusion was just the latest in a long line of death threats and assaults she has faced for her work exposing the links between Mexico’s drug cartels and corrupt government officials.