ANGELS CAMP, Calif. -- Mark Twain's 1865 tale of a frog-jumping contest draws more than 40,000 visitors each May to this historic mining community in the Sierra Nevada foothills. But those hoping to ...

Calaveras County in the Sierra Nevada foothills gets its name from the Spanish word for skulls. Early Spanish explorers reported seeing skulls of Native Americans along what is now called the ...

Participants of the 50th annual California Capitol jumping frog contest push to get the longest leap on May 5, 2026, in Sacramento. The contest is inspired by the Mark Twain career-launching short ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A beloved tradition is returning to Angels Camp pitting the "jumpiest" frogs against each other at the Jumping Frog Jubilee ...

ANGELS CAMP — Veteran and rookie frog jockeys faced off Sunday in the Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jump Jubilee, an annual gathering in California's gold country that honors a short story by Mark ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A rift between organizers of Calaveras County's famous frog jumping contest did not keep away thousands of frog wranglers Sunday inspired by Mark Twain's tall tale. About 4,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee started Thursday in Angels Camp, also known as Frogtown, USA. One of the ...

The 50th annual Capitol Frog Jump began on the west side of the California State Capitol on Tuesday morning, bringing together lawmakers, Capitol staff, and media to test their frog-jumping skills.

It had been five years since the first of the frog eggs had been moved, carefully plucked from Mexico's Baja Peninsula and transported by cooler to Southern California. Anny Peralta-Garcia was getting ...

Participants of the 50th annual California Capitol jumping frog contest push to get the longest leap on May 5, 2026, in Sacramento. The contest is inspired by the Mark Twain career-launching short ...

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is issuing a warning for people who live near the medical supply warehouse that caught fire in Tracy earlier this week. Tracy Fire crews were on ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. It had been five years since the ...