COLOMA, CA ‒ Ankle-deep in a stream, James W. Marshall bent over and grabbed a shiny object that caught his eye. He placed it on a rock and began striking it with another. The shiny material pounded ...

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 ...

TIME HIGH. AND THAT MEANS PLACES HERE IN CALIFORNIA ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE SELLING AND LOOKING FOR GOLD. KCRA 3’S RYAN CURRY WENT TO AN OLD GOLD MINING TOWN WHERE EXPERTS SAY IT FEELS LIKE A ...