Gold prices doubled in the last two years and are now at record highs. And prospectors are once again rushing to California's waterways to see what they yield.

Firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire in Central California that’s already burned through thousands of acres and damaged and destroyed multiple buildings in a historic Gold Rush town after ...

Tucked away in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills lies a place where time stands still and the 1850s come alive. Columbia ...

Upon arrival, visitors were first handed a gold pan and some sand. They were then walked through the exact process that 1800s ...

Firefighters are battling a series of wildfires that erupted in north-central California after thousands of lightning strikes were reported in the region, prompting evacuations and scorching buildings ...

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. (AP) — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners who had ...