In this week’s column, Ross Eric Gibson recounts the story of the Rev. Samuel Hopkins Willey of Santa Cruz Congregational ...

The Coast Guard says a wooden skiff believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the U.S. has capsized in stormy seas off ...

Emergency responders found survivors of Friday's incident on the beach and rescued another trapped beneath the vessel, ...

Perspective is everything, but these curious maps might give a whole new approach to the weird and wonderful world that we ...

Seafood lovers looking to take a bite out of history would do well to seek out this San Francisco restaurant that's been open ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...

Blue Origin is standing down from today's New Glenn rocket launch attempt due to ongoing geomagnetic storms caused by ...

The discovery of gold in California transformed what would become the most populous state. The quest continues today.

The Women of Troy opened up their 2025-2026 season with an easy victory at home Tuesday night. A new roster is learning how ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm in 1975, killing all 29 crew members. Only a handful of people have ever visited the wreck, either by submersible or, in one ...

If California were to send you a postcard from its most charming self, it would probably be a snapshot of Angels Camp. Tucked away in the golden foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, this ...