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The Bridge Fire in Southern California exponentially exploded over 10 times in size in a matter of 24 hours, as firefighters grappled with two other major fires in the region and a man was ...
Pioneer Cabin Tree fell in 2017 in Calaveras Big Trees State Park [10] But two walk-through tunnel trees still stand: California Tunnel Tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. The California Tunnel Tree's passageway was dug in 1895 to allow horse-drawn stagecoaches to pass through the tree. [11] Today, people can walk or bike through it.
The eucalyptus found its way to California during the state’s historical Gold Rush in the 1850s by way of one man: Robert H. Waterman. A ship captain by trade, Waterman had dreams of botany upon ...
Three major wildfires are currently burning across four counties in Southern California, forcing thousands to evacuate.
The Foresthill Bridge, also called the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in the United States, and among the seventy highest ...
The Bridge to Nowhere is an arch bridge that was built in 1936 north of Azusa, California, United States in the San Gabriel Mountains. It spans the East Fork of the San Gabriel River and was meant to be part of a road connecting the San Gabriel Valley with Wrightwood, California .
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a grant to help reimburse the costs of fighting the Bridge and Airport fires, he said in a post on X Tuesday evening.
The Bridge Gulch massacre, also known as the Hayfork massacre or Natural Bridge massacre, occurred in the United States during the California gold rush on April 23, 1852, when more than 150 Wintu people were killed by about 70 American men led by William H. Dixon, the sheriff of Trinity County in northern California.