In 1849, California turned from quiet frontier to chaos overnight. Gold fever spread fast—and everyone wanted a piece.

"To be part of that ongoing history of something that goes back to the very beginning of California, that was always an ...

Not surprisingly, the Gold Rush led to the founding of the oldest congregations in the Golden State. That includes Temple ...

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In the 1800s, gold, silver and copper booms lured miners and immigrants looking for a better life. Though the mines ...

As any kid who grew up in Arizona knows, and any transplant worth his or her salt has learned, Arizona’s economy is defined ...

Housed in the former living quarters for soldiers on the third tier of the fort at the top of a hand-cut, granite spiral ...

While officials admonish hikers to carry bear spray in Wyoming’s Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, it’s banned in California’s Yosemite ...

On this day in 1870, the notorious Californio bandit Tiburcio Vásquez was released from San Quentin State Prison, ushering in the most infamous chapter of his criminal career.

There is a crime epidemic in America, but it’s not happening on the streets of Chicago or on the border with Mexico. This ...

Niantic was still raking in hundreds of millions a year from the beloved mobile game when CEO John Hanke decided to sell its ...