Outdoor meccas have been bestowed upon us in a wide array of forms. But if finding family fun in a river environment is your focus, the Sierra foothill town of Coloma should head your list of options.

COLOMA — Another blast of frigid mountain water soaks the six of us, as we paddle our raft into a pirouette atop a gushing rapid on the American River. We’re about halfway into a six-mile, ...

DAY THAT’S AT 10:00. THE EVENTS, BY THE WAY, ARE FREE. WELL, NOW TO OUR EXPLORER OUTDOORS. TODAY IN CALIFORNIA’S GOLD RUSH, HISTORY COMES TO LIFE WITH THIS WEEKEND IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS. KCRA 3’S ...

COLOMA (CBS13) — A California Highway Patrol helicopter was called in Thursday to rescue an injured rafter along the South Fork of the American River. The chopper performed a "toe-in" rescue before ...

About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side of the Sierra Nevada near a place called Coloma. In 1839, John Sutter ...