A federal judge has ordered off-highway vehicle riders to steer clear of more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes through California’s Mojave Desert that’s home to the threatened desert tortoise. In a ...

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to share their images with environmental biologists at Cal State Northridge ...

A homicide investigation is underway after a woman's body was found in a remote desert area of San Bernardino County, authorities said Monday. Detectives with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s ...

While the Mojave Desert's sunbaked vistas are sure to present visitors with all manner of surprises, there may be one sight in the Mojave that's a bit more surprising than any windblown dune or ...

Death Valley and the Mojave Desert face a triple threat of flash floods, extreme heat, and wildfire risk. Monsoonal storms combined with moisture from Hurricane Lorena are creating unstable weather ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust seeks "femme-aligned" student interns for a paid night sky photography project. Interns will document the Mojave Desert's dark skies from October 2025 to April 2026, ...

It’s not too late for “femme-aligned” students to apply to take "dark night" photographs in the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert Land Trust’s next Women In Science Discovering Our Mojave (WISDOM) ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A funeral will take place for a well-known local realtor who was allegedly murdered in July by another man. Family and friends will gather to remember Robert "Bob" Boyajian.

Camp Iron Mountain, part of General Patton’s Desert Training Center, remains the best‑preserved World War II training site in California’s Mojave Desert. Its rock‑lined roads and pathways still mark ...

The situation on the Colorado River — the water supply for 40 million Westerners and half of all Californians — is dire. The waterway’s flows have shrunk 20 percent since the turn of the century and ...