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 ...

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. -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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