PINOLE — The intertwined history of Pinole and Hercules and their connections to the crucial and dangerous dynamite industry that helped shape California and world history will be explored at a free ...

EVERY SUBURB deserves a good old-fashioned hangout, but few subdivisions have a true Peach Pit/Cheers/Jack’s Bistro right in their backyard. The residents of one Hercules neighborhood, however, were ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - For almost a century, the Hercules plant has stood as one of Hattiesburg’s most prominent landmarks. Built shortly after World War I, the facility started out with a small ...

Railroad Avenue, Hercules: In 1881, the California Powder Works built a town along the shores of the San Pablo Bay. Founded for the purpose of manufacturing dynamite, it became the world's largest ...

HERCULES — The early Sunday afternoon fire that destroyed a historic building along the Hercules waterfront occurred just as the city had resumed a long-dormant discussion about what to do with it and ...