Some sent letters home, others wrote and sometimes published diaries they kept while away and still others put their ...

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

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing will allow mountain lions, bobcats and other wildlife to travel between the Simi Hills ...

Beatriz Michelena and her husband George Middleton Jr. founded the California Motion Picture Corporation (Cal-Pic) in 1911,” ...

There are also several areas considered hotspots for coastal sinking. "By 2050, sea levels in California are expected to increase to between 6 and 14.5 inches (15 and 37 centimeters) higher than ...

Q: After the Gold Rush and the railroad, people started coming to California from all over the world and never really stopped. A: It’s so big, and it’s got so much weight in terms of politics ...

A record US trade deficit that same month was driven by a surge of imports, with the common theme between the Australian and US experiences being record volumes of gold. The novel surplus Australi ...

and U.S. immigrants flooded to the region during the California Gold Rush of 1849. One of the first tasks necessary for these immigrants to convert public lands into private property was to impose ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across ...

Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) announced her bid for California governor Tuesday, joining a growing field of Democratic contenders in the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). In an ...

The freeze comes down to one factor: former Vice President Kamala Harris, who is weighing a run and could easily bigfoot her fellow California Democrats with her name ID and fundraising prowess.