Tucked away in the Cuyamaca Mountains just an hour east of San Diego lies Julian, a gold-rush era town that feels like California’s best-kept secret. This mountain hamlet trades coastal palms for pine ...

Dubbed "California's Oldest Little City" and "The New York of the Pacific," this Gold Rush city has a historic Chinatown, ...

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...

Celebrity ship drifts from pier in 'sudden wind squall' during Alaska cruise. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY. Tue, June 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM UTC. 2 min read.

The bank revised its 0-3 month and 6-12 month gold price targets to $3,300 per ounce from $3,500 and $2,800 per ounce from $3,000, respectively.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A judge in Mali on Monday ordered Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex to be placed under provisional administration for six months in an ongoing dispute between the ...

Comments from Today’s Crossword Constructor. Norman: I’m thrilled that my inaugural USA TODAY puzzle is being published on Father’s Day! This puzzle is dedicated to all the fathers ...

A parent, Madam Abrefi, pointed out that some parents rely heavily on the income their children bring from mining despite the risks, thereby confirming the views of the Headteacher. “I allow my ...

wind timeline focusing on fairfield, where we have the strongest winds, you can see they’re going to stay pretty strong past 6:00 and then just slowly start to taper off and we’ll see that again.

Firefighters made progress battling a wind-driven brush fire burning in steep, rugged terrain south of Apple Valley overnight. The Ranch fire, which has burned through 4,205 acres of vegetation ...

A 15-year-old teenager and two dogs were rescued from an abandoned well shaft on Saturday, according to the Nevada County Consolidated Fire District.

Sarah Beesley, fisheries biologist for the Yurok Tribe, walks up a fallen tree in land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Humboldt County, Calif. (AP Photo ...