Step aside, golden beaches – now we have stretches of sand glimmering with real pieces of gold. Scientists have captured the ...

Inside Look is a Merced Sun-Star series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Once the center for justice and politics in the ...

An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...

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 ...

Check out the best photos from the 49ers Gold Rush performance with over 500 young cheerleaders taking the field in the team's preseason. Look back at some of the best San Francisco 49ers Gold ...

The news comes ahead of the world premiere of Tom Tykwer's contemporary German drama "The Light" (pictured), which was co-produced by Gold Rush Pictures and will open the Berlin Film Festival on ...