Building a Spanish mission — out of Popsicle sticks or sugar cubes — was once a common assignment for fourth-grade students in California ... Americans during the Spanish colonization and the Gold ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues ... egg sandwiches for about a fourth of the year, and then for another ...

“You eat fried egg sandwiches for about a fourth of the year ... Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold ...

“It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall later would say. News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to ...

This contaminated both water and fish, with environmental effects that still linger in California today. A relative few who partook in the Gold Rush got wealthy—mostly earlier prospectors.

Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place. A map from CAL FIRE shows where each wildfire is burning in Southern California. A map from CAL FIRE shows where each wildfire is burning in ...

Economic Uncertainty Tariffs often lead to economic uncertainty and trade tensions, which can increase the demand for safe-haven assets like gold. Investors usually buy gold to preserve their ...

Episodes 8 and 9 of Gold Rush Season 15 delivered big wins and bigger challenges for Rick Ness and his crew as they pushed Rally Valley to its limits. After three days of sluicing, Ness added over ...

This map shows the areas with the restrictions. Drought conditions intensified and expanded in Southern and Central California this ... jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.

It runs 800 miles along the coast of California. Scientists have said that ... level of IV on the Community Internet Intensity Map, a level that indicates light shaking. As of Friday morning ...