Memories of California's Gold Rush loom large in this fascinating town that provides the perfect base for exploring all the ...

For each participant, the adventure begins with a two-week intensive summer course that exposes them to a variety of ecosystems located in the rain shadow of the “granite curtain” that is the East ...

Scientists are also eyeing how climate change could impact snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which forms a critical part of California’s annual water supply every spring as it melts and ...

California has plenty of tourist-friendly destinations, but many of its state parks remain wildly underrated, including this ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

The results for USA TODAY's 10Best Readers Choice Awards list of brewery tours is in and one brewery nestled at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains ... and Mills River, North Carolina ...

Imagine your mountain climbing buddy ... What that friend would make is — boom — Sierra Nevada’s taproom and brewery in Mills River. Inside, there’s an enormous, beautiful taproom ...

But the earthquakes she found taking place near the central region of the mountain range were up to twice ... Schulte-Pelkum was already studying the Sierra Nevada’s peculiar rock footprint ...

Though Granada's storied history should be appreciated as much as possible, the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains are also ... deeper into the gorge and hit the river, you will come across narrow ...

Since 1984, the actress has split time between her Los Angeles home and her ranch near the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California Amy Sussman/WireImage Anjelica Huston has held many titles ...

Snow at the Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada mountains (California Department of Water Resources via Courthouse News) (CN) — For the third time in as many years, snowfall in California's Sierra ...