Borax was first mined in the Mojave Desert in the late 1880s, when wagon teams of 18 mules and two horses pulled huge loads of it out of Death Valley. A chemical compound, borax contains the element ...

The National Weather Service Las Vegas predicts thunderstorms and strong winds in the Mojave Desert, with a drier trend by ...

Kirk Kerkorian was born to poor Armenian immigrants and quickly grew to become the biggest casino owner in Vegas.

The U.S. is preparing for a gargantuan spike in the amount of energy it harnesses from the sun, and vastly changing the desert landscape of the Silver State’s public lands is a major component of that ...

Monday Night Bingo is back with beloved Palm Springs queen Bella da Ball hosting, calling numbers, performing and giving away prizes at this weekly event. Bingo is 7-9 p.m., and trivia is 9-11 p.m.

Papalo BBQ in San Diego is one of the most creative interpretations of smoked-meat traditions and techniques our barbecue ...

CalMatters identified the California communities most at risk — the top 1% of the state’s more than 8,000 census tracts that ...

Smoke from the Line Fire that began in Highland on Thursday evening has impacted air quality in the High Desert.

Cox, who is committed to UCLA, ran for three touchdowns and also caught a TD pass from Jacob Webster. Cox only played in the ...

The Mojave football team trailed Virgin Valley 16-0 with about eight minutes to play Friday night, but rallied to force ...

Death Valley saw its hottest summer on record in 2024, as tracked by the National Weather Service at a gauge in Furnace Creek ...

A field technician found the hatchlings, which Teare said are about 2-3 weeks old. Four of the tortoises were given to the ...