Yreka News

The last time so much gold was pulled out of this town, the place was known as "the richest square mile on earth," a Gold Rush jewel north of California's Mother Lode.

YREKA, Calif. _ The last time so much gold was pulled out of this town, the place was known as "the richest square mile on earth," a Gold Rush jewel north of California's Mother Lode.

The last time so much gold was pulled out of this town, the place was known as "the richest square mile on earth," a Gold Rush jewel north of California's Mother Lode.

Thieves in northern California made off with millions of dollars in gold from a local courthouse, and a Los Angeles gold buyer said their timing was impeccable.

' Investigators in a far Northern California town sought leads Thursday in the theft of large chunks of gold from the county courthouse's $3 million historical collection, as residents lamented the loss of an important piece of their cultural heritage.

Or, rather, there was -- until thieves broke in and stole the majority of the historic collection from its display case.

Thieves have stolen $3 million worth of gold nuggets from a lobby display case inside a California gold country courthouse.

Yreka is known as the Golden City. Now the city that was built from gold is missing a piece of its history.

An estimated $3 million in gold which has been on display at the Siskiyou County Courthouse in Yreka for at least 50 years was stolen in the early hours of Feb.

The "Blue Goose" Steam Excursion Train is heading north to Wallowa and Union counties, in northeast Oregon.

Cheryl Bruch is Wednesday's Facebook Friend of the Day. She moved to Siskiyou County from the Bay Area via Chicago more than six years ago.