ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — For the 75th straight spring, the golden foothills of the Mother Lode are awhirl with Calaveras County’s celebrated jumping frog jubilee, an annual rite of Americana inspired by ...

Because I missed the 74th Annual Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee this year at Angels Camp in the heart of California Gold Country, I decided to check out their web site to see who had won.

Get out your smallest violin—or maybe your biggest—for the petite frogs whose miniature ear structures hinder their ability to hop, one of the defining characteristics of frogs. The frogs are of the ...

INDEED FINALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. THERE YOU GO, CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK, AND AHEAD OF. THAT, WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY. SO IN 1865, AUTHOR MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED HIS ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- A scant threat of rain literally overshadowing Mill Stream Park for the annual Valley City Frog Jump July 20 did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the participants and visitors.

BREAKING: ICE fatally shoots Minneapolis driver | Nick Reiner’s lawyer withdraws from case news Alerts There are no new alerts at this time When Mark Twain authored "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of ...

It’s no bull. The celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County can compete this May and live to leap another day. In a policy flip-flop, state Fish and Game wardens have found a way around a state law ...

1992 was the first year of the festival in Fellsmere.

Halloween of 2016 brought us a new holiday character who was more confusing than terrifying. We’re talking about David S. Pumpkins, and we still have so many questions. With his skeleton sidekicks, he ...