Relics from the era found on the 382-acre compound, which is two hours from San Francisco, are displayed in an 800-bottle ...

CBS News Sacramento NEVADA COUNTY – Workers at a licensed marijuana farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills were held at gunpoint by robbers who went on to steal product, authorities say.

“Fungal science in the Sierra Nevada foothills is really, really understudied,” he said in an excited tone. “One of the first things I realized is there is so much we don’t know.” ...

Update: A newer article on the Fresno County wildfires can be found here. One evacuation order has been lifted as wildfires continue burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Fresno County.

The evacuation zone was expanded Monday for the Basin wildfire, burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Fresno. The fire, reported on June 26, had burned 13,926 acres (21.7 square miles) by ...

My annual summer vacation with my grandpa in the Sierra Nevada foothills was always a welcome adventure. My pal, Robber, had many adventures planned for us, filling up our days.

When the first settlers came to the Sierra Nevada foothills in the late 1840s, they came for gold. Decades after the California Gold Rush ended in 1855, a different crop of settlers—including ...