An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

Re: “California should standardize ... This was undoubtedly a horrific episode in world history, but there have been other horrifying episodes of mass annihilation in the present time and ...

All California wine regions are staggered by the industry’s many current woes, which range from slumbering sales to restrictive tariffs, but they especially complicate prospects in the Sierra ...

But a decades-old episode of “California’s Gold” with Huell Howser, the long-running series that explored the state’s history and its residents, reveals insights into how this location in ...

Much of Los Angeles remains burning as this month's wildfires continue to wreak destruction on America's second-largest city. The Eaton Fire in Altadena has killed at least 17 people, while the ...

March 31, 1870 George Gleason, a miner, and his partners applied for a patent on a gold lode in Soledad Canyon near Acton, Ca ...

Newsom’s signature of Assembly Bill 101, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina, D-Riverside, ends a decadeslong quest by advocates for a curriculum that more closely reflects the history, culture and ...

Pull up the geographic center of California on Google Maps and you'll be led to a unique destination in the state.