A Hyundai SUV crashed into the American River on US-50, killing an adult passenger and injuring others. The crash is under ...

The city of Placerville in California is deciding whether to change its logo to remove an image of a noose hanging from a tree after concerns over the symbolism and the area's "Hangtown" nickname, CBS ...

A dummy hanging from a noose in front of the Hangman’s Tree Saloon in Placerville is up again, after he was taken down at the beginning of the month. He isn’t coming down anytime soon, according to ...

After 40 years of gracing the Placerville, Calif., logo, a noose will be gone, after the City Council voted unanimously voted to remove it. According to the Placerville city manager, the logo’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Placerville city logo, with its Gold Rush-era "lynching tree" (City of Placerville) As night follows day, cries of “historical ...

Safe syringe programs, or SSPs, allow drug users safely to discard needles or other drug paraphernalia to curb the spread of blood-borne diseases, like such as HIV and hepatitis. The state has sued El ...

The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century reputation as “Hangtown” following lynchings of criminal suspects by mobs of ...