YREKA, Calif. — The last time so much gold was pulled out of this town, the place was known as “the richest square mile on earth,” a Gold Rush jewel north of California’s Mother Lode. By the mid-1850s ...

Patrick Fischer had no idea last year he was helping solve the mystery of a $1.26 million gold heist that robbed a Northern California town of its treasure and historic pride. Three hundred miles from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may never have heard the name Ralph Starritt, but if you've driven in far Northern California on Interstate 5, you know his ...

The McKinney Fire along California’s border with Oregon exploded in size Saturday to 80 square miles and forced the evacuations of more than 2,000 people in the Siskiyou County community of Yreka.

The last time so much gold was pulled out of this town, the place was known as "the richest square mile on earth," a Gold Rush jewel north of California's Mother Lode. By the mid-1850s, the town so ...

You may never have heard the name Ralph Starritt, but if you've driven in far Northern California on Interstate 5, you know his work. The giant metal cows that stand in a grassy space along the ...