More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all ...

On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the ...

Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...

Welcome to January 24, a day that has witnessed a multitude of significant events throughout history, shaping politics, ...

On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

Ah, but — and you should remember this for “Jeopardy!” — the Golden State’s first documented gold strike happened here, in ...

California enacted Assembly Bill 1821 (AB 1821) last week, mandating the inclusion of Native American history and perspectives in public education. Signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on ...

Negative aspects of the AI boom are now coming to light, whether in handling copyrights, bias, ethics, privacy, security, or ...

Greenland, a vast but sparsely populated Arctic island, has been transformed by the climate crisis in recent decades.

In the 1890s, the industrial revolution arrived in the form of the centrifugal cream separator. Fed into a bowl spinning at 6 ...