Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 8—JEFFERSON — Mark Twain made frog jumping world famous in his short story, "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." ...

At the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in California — made famous in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — three researchers discovered potential flaws in ...

The frog jumping event on the Capitol lawn was the competition's 50th anniversary. Lawmakers representing Calaveras County hold the event to honor the Calaveras County Fair. The frogs jumping in ...

Thousands of frog fanatics descended on the small community of Valley City's Mill Stream Park Sunday to watch frogs do what they do best, with lots of encouragement from their handlers of course. When ...

A crowd in suits and dresses stood around a roped off circle in the midday heat on the Capitol lawn on Tuesday. Inside the circle were several containers of frogs. Every year in Sacramento, ...

A beloved tradition is returning to Angels Camp, pitting the "jumpiest" frogs against each other at the Jumping Frog Jubilee ...

FAIR HAS TO OFFER. HEY MIKE. YEAH? GOOD MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FROG SPA. WANT TO KNOW WHAT A FROG SPA IS? WELL, IT’S RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE FROG SIGN. HEY, DAVE, CAN YOU GRAB US A BULL ...

The annual frog jump on the lawn at the California Capitol marks the beginning of summer, but it's also a chance to put politics aside and concentrate on leaping forward, together, as a state.

Aug. 8—JEFFERSON — Mark Twain made frog jumping world famous in his short story, "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." And, although fairgoers may have read the story several times, it's best ...