Weird In 1971 two campers recorded what a Navy linguist calls a nonhuman language in the Sierra Nevadas Ellsworth Toohey

History Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling? Popkin

History Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it Popkin

disasters 9 skiers missing after California avalanche Rob Beschizza

Science California's amazing geographic oddities B.R. O'Deal

wild west Legendary gold rush milkman Snowshoe Thompson gets his due Carolyn Townsend

yosemite Ahead of a huge storm, Yosemite Park Service tells tourists: GTFO Jason Weisberger

law Low Rider Culture and "No Cruise Zones" in California. Elías Villoro

Culture French baguette, Chinese tea, and Arabic coffee now have UNESCO protection David Pescovitz

documentaries "The Starry Night Toad," a new documentary by First Nations Frontline Elías Villoro

drought Lake Mead at 35% capacity – marking an all-time low Mark Frauenfelder

Panic In Year Zero (1962), a survival science fiction film was just uploaded to the Internet Archive Mark Frauenfelder

25 million people rely on water from Lake Mead, and it's drying up Mark Frauenfelder

racism City of Placerville removes hangman's noose from town logo Jason Weisberger

Oregon Trail The deadly temptation of the Oregon Trail shortcut Miss Cellania

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

Shotguns and Accordions: the 1970s marijuana music of Colombia David Pescovitz

gold Meet a lone prospector who pans for gold and actually finds it David Pescovitz

Kids Watch morning light turn Yosemite Falls into a stunning rainbow Andrea James

california For sale: (1) California ghost town Rusty Blazenhoff