Moments from across the Sacramento area this week include the memorials for fallen law enforcement officers, frog jumping and ...

The frogs jumping in Tuesday’s competition on the state Capitol lawn did not let either the illustrious setting or historic ...

The 50th annual Capitol Frog Jump began on the west side of the California State Capitol on Tuesday morning, bringing ...

Participants of the 50th annual California Capitol jumping frog contest push to get the longest leap on May 5, 2026, in Sacramento. The contest is inspired by the Mark Twain career-launching short ...

INDEED FINALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. THERE YOU GO, CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK, AND AHEAD OF. THAT, WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY. SO IN 1865, AUTHOR MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED HIS ...

For this week’s library column, I bring you: National Frog Jumping Day. This day, celebrated on May 13 th, can be traced back to Mark Twain’s The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County which was ...

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 ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- A scant threat of rain literally overshadowing Mill Stream Park for the annual Valley City Frog Jump July 20 did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the participants and visitors.

WOODLAND — Competing in the 52nd annual Frog Jump at Woodland Planters Days is serious business. It takes some preparation: What’s the wind speed? How’s the terrain? But mostly, it comes down to the ...