Digital technology has interconnected people and services, but  global governance driven by mercantilist interests have led ...

In 1848, gold was discovered in California. News spread quickly, and suddenly the state experienced an influx of settlers ...

California is famous for its incredible beaches and stunning vineyards, but this historic Gold Rush town is known for its ...

The community was established in the 1850s on the northeastern edge of Stanislaus County. Home to the longest covered bridge ...

Elon Musk wasn’t the first to shape the national conversation. Joshua Norton, a San Francisco cult figure, was.

Richardson Bay is a natural harbor that on maps resembles a cartoon fish chomping into the Marin County peninsula. It is shallow, making it perfect as an anchorage. The bottom of the bay is covered ...

The eerie landscape, tucked into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada ... On the heels of the gold rush, however, had come other settlers. As early as 1873, downstream farmers began ...

Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on ...

The Plumas-Eureka Mine became one of the most productive in the northern Sierra, extracting millions in gold before ...

Plumas-Eureka State Park in Blairsden, California might be the 6,000-acre surprise she never knew she wanted – a Sierra ...

intense flames reduced the historic gold rush town to ruins. Greef wouldn’t return home for several weeks. Attending to a pile burn in Plumas County, California, Greg Kinne, an artist ...