Bad luck and poor decisions turned the already dangerous trek from Missouri to California into a fatal affair for roughly half of the Donner-Reed party Sarah Holzmann Although the Donner-Reed ...

It's time for another deep dive into history with John Curley. This time, we go back to 1846 to the tragic and true story of the Donner party. Listen to The Jo ...

California's 'oldest little city' is bouncing back from a major fire and traffic troubles and hoping a new music festival ...

you’ve never heard of the Donner party, for whom the local Donner Pass and nearby Donner Lake are named.) But even with the possibility of less-than-perfect powder conditions, a trip to Lake ...

The Eaton fire that tore through Altadena on Jan. 7 left parents and children alike to deal with the trauma of one of the most destructive fires in California history. As people return to their ...

ALTADENA, Calif. -- Ceiba Phillips, 11, couldn't believe what he saw when he returned to his Southern California neighborhood a month after a wildfire reduced it to rubble. The ruins of his best ...

(A separate film titled Society of the Snow is based on the incident). Additionally, the show was loosely inspired by the ...

The soap opera Knots Landing ran for a whopping 14 seasons, but what happened to the show's huge ensemble cast after it was all over? Let's break it down.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 19, 1847, the first rescuers reached members of the Donner Party, who had been snowbound in the Sierra Nevada ...

We Tell Ourselves Stories,” by Alissa Wilkinson, looks at how Didion both shaped and was shaped by the movies.