Kevin Bittenbender and Kirstie Ennis had done everything that they could do by Sunday night for “the big jump off” of a 47.5-mile Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hike at Grand Canyon National Park.

Just like the original, this black, V-shaped 375-foot-long wall is etched with the names of more than 58,000 Americans who died serving in the Vietnam War. You can reach Barry Eberling at 707-256 ...

The first person of Japanese origin to visit California is said to be Oguri Jukichi whose disabled ship drifted for 484 days across the Pacific Ocean toward Santa Barbara. A Russian fur trading vessel ...