What makes this trail otherworldly isn’t the difficulty or the distance, it’s the sheer strangeness of the landscape.

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NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — The Combie Fire prompted evacuation orders and warnings Tuesday afternoon in south Nevada County. Cal ...

A heat dome puts 19 states under extreme heat warnings, with temperatures in some areas expected to reach 120 F.

Located just a few miles outside of town, the Trona Pinnacles are one of the most otherworldly geological formations in the ...

In 1915, a prospector surveying what’s now Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park noticed large stones with tracks behind them, suggesting they moved on their own. It took a century, but ...

A short jaunt inland from the Pacific coast, the town of Ojai, California, has long been a haven for the arts and outdoor recreation. Dine on locally sourced seafood like Channel Islands sea urchin ...

When Rickey Spivey Towner had a heart attack in his Coachella Valley home last September, his stepdaughter Megan Conner found him unconscious and called 911. But there was a problem: The equipment ...

For the last few weeks we've been ending our Sunday evenings with a dose of cosy crime drama by settling down to watch an episode of the new series of Death Valley. However, you may notice that ...

“Did you ever have to make up your mind to pick up on one and leave the other behind?” So starts a very popular 1960s rock and roll song. As the California gubernatorial primary comes to a close, the ...

Dry mud tracks trace a path across the deep red and green carpets of the lobby of the Amargosa Hotel and Opera House, and down the hall, hotel manager Emilee Brown is vacuuming — again. “Every day ...