First discovered: 5:37 p.m. Jan. 24 A new wildfire was reported today at 5:37 p.m. in Placer County, California. Gold Fire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1906 postcard of an old prospector and his mule. (Patt Morrison's personal postcard collection ) Now don’t go all weak at the ...

Black Miners Bar at Folsom Lake marks the site of a once-booming Gold Rush settlement built by Black miners seeking freedom and opportunity.

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills ...