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 ...

PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — A tent city that dozens of homeless people called home is now closed after more than a year. The lights are out at Hangtown Haven, and now the people who slept there every night ...

Update: The Placerville City Council tabled a proposal to remove the noose image from the city logo Tuesday evening, reportedly because there was not enough time to thoroughly discuss the issue. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dummy named George hangs from a historical spot in Placerville, Calif. City officials recently voted to affirm the historical ...

The store has operated continuously since 1854, making it the oldest hardware store west of the Mississippi, and a lasting ...

Placerville City Council members last week unanimously voted to approve a resolution affirming the Gold Rush-era nickname “Old Hangtown,” a little over two weeks after they agreed to remove a noose ...

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 ...

This weekend, two of Hendrick Motorsports’ best are going to face off in a USAC battle out in California for the Hangtown 100. Kyle Larson and Corey Day are facing off once again on the dirt in ...

Two weeks after Placerville opted to nix a noose depicted on its city logo, officials affirmed that the area’s Gold Rush-era name, “Hangtown,” won’t be going anywhere. City Council members voted ...