-
A new disaster relief center in Yreka will offer financial help to McKinney Fire Survivors starting on Tuesday.
-
Yreka is extending last year’s ban on fireworks through the summer, in expectation of an active fire season this year.
-
Before being named Yreka, the Northern California settlement was known as Shasta Butte City, a conglomeration of little more than shanties, brush huts,…
-
In 1865, Yreka, Calif., celebrated several Union victories in the far-off Civil War.When news reached the mining town that Union forces had captured…
-
The early settlers of Yreka quickly learned to fear fire and its catastrophic effects.Their first experience was when a fire in 1852, only a year after…
-
Like many other gold rush communities in Northern California, Yreka had a substantial Chinese community complete with gaming houses, shops, washhouses,…
-
Each year, Yreka’s Siskiyou Golden Fair celebrates summer, promoting the county’s agricultural, industrial, commercial, mineral and cultural resources and…
-
In a cave 12 miles south of the Northern California town of Yreka, a group of men gathered, awash in the full moon’s glow that spread across the barren…
-
There's a lot of history in our region, and a lot of reminders of it--some of those in pretty rough shape from the passage of time. And there's often more…