High in the remote hills of eastern California, a town sits perfectly still, caught in a moment that never moved forward.

Gold mining has been part of the American story for more than two centuries and it remains an important industry today.

DAY THAT’S AT 10:00. THE EVENTS, BY THE WAY, ARE FREE. WELL, NOW TO OUR EXPLORER OUTDOORS. TODAY IN CALIFORNIA’S GOLD RUSH, HISTORY COMES TO LIFE WITH THIS WEEKEND IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS. KCRA 3’S ...

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 ...

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Nevada City’s beloved Victorian Christmas festival began in 1978 and draws visitors from far and wide to the quaint, ...

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 ...

Among Placerville’s many gold rush-era curiosities are rumors of tunnels running up into the brothels and a hotel that saw so much money pass through that it was able to expand with all the gold dust ...

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and MacArthur fellow Jon Else is known for films like The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb, Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven and Cadillac Desert.

Nevada City is known by ghost hunters as one of the most haunted city's in the U.S. Credit: Photo by Kat Alves Nevada City is known by ghost hunters as one of the most haunted city’s in the U.S. Photo ...