We’re always on the edge of catastrophe,” Nathaniel Philbrick says of America, from 1850s San Francisco to 2020s Silicon Valley.

Foreign mining companies are pursuing new gold projects in regions connected to the water supplies and outdoor spaces Angelenos depend on.

The native tribes of California saw themselves as stewards not owners of the land. The white settlers who arrived during the ...

The best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick sees links between eighteen-fifties California and the current A.I. boom. What ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a ...

This historic California Gold Rush town feels frozen in time, and it warmly welcomes visitors to explore its shops, take a ...

Chinese immigrants first arrived in San Francisco in 1848. By the end of the 1850s, they made up one-fifth of the population ...

In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now frequented by fourth graders ...

In “The Rush,” Nathaniel Philbrick paints a portrait of the treasure seekers, prospectors and conniving politicians who shaped the destiny of the United States.

Buddhism and the California Gold Rush may be two things that don’t seem to go together. But it was the Gold Rush that first brought Buddhism to California. The California Gold Rush began in 1848, when ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills ...