In 1976, Congress designated the 25-million-acre region of desert stretching from the Mexican border north to Death Valley and the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains as the California Desert Conservation ...

California's beautiful deserts—the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Desert ... scorching at 134°F in the region in July 1913. Its soaring temperatures is why winter is probably the best time ...

Playoff basketball tips off this week for the local ladies as the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) post-season ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument ... stewarding desert tortoise habitats in the region. They also carried out an extensive on-the-ground ...

However, dry conditions are expected in the following regions ... temperatures are expected in the desert areas of New Mexico, Arizona, and southeastern California. Rainfall will be slightly ...

Although the higher temperatures will aid plant growth that had stalled, Markon inspectors expect to see quality challenges in February.

Areas near the recent Los Angeles County wildfires are under evacuation orders and warnings amid concerns over flooding and debris flows Thursday.

Covering more than 25 million acres — about a fourth of California — the geologically diverse California Desert Conservation Area includes sand dunes, canyons, dry lakes, 90 mountain ranges, and 65 ...