Topic Archive: Deserts
In case you haven't heard, that explosive boom that rattled windows and more than a few nerves yesterday afternoon was Discovery, the space shuttle, landing at Edwards Air Force Base.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted September 12, 2009 7:31 AM
We've all seen the enormous white thunderheads build up on summer afternoons out beyond the San Gabriel Mountains, over the Mojave Desert. Photographer Gene Blevins chases the storm cells; check... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted July 26, 2009 5:02 PM
The art of the local editorial cartoon is alive and well at LA Observed, compliments of Steve Greenberg. Find him here most days. Mark Lacter has the news item... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted June 10, 2009 11:43 AM
Where eastbound Interstate 10 hits the desert at Cabazon, a few miles shy of the Palm Springs turnoff, this sign proclaims some of the locals' unhappiness with Los Angeles and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted March 9, 2009 11:35 PM
Here's the best thing I read all day. The New York Times has a marvelous Travel section story with Ry Cooder visiting spots in the Mojave Desert, accompanied by an... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted November 23, 2008 5:15 PM
Native Intelligence contributor Deanne Stillman has the cover of the new Los Angeles CityBeat with a nice piece on the Mojave Desert portion of L.A. County. Photos by Mark LaMonica... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted February 8, 2008 3:59 PM
Christy Porter was a photojournalist in Kentucky when the little paper where she worked did hard investigations of local sacred cows like the university basketball program. She moved to L.A.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted October 25, 2007 9:47 PM
It's going to be windy in a big way this weekend. The National Weather Service this morning posted an upgraded high wind warning for the whole area through Monday, with... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted October 20, 2007 11:36 AM
Highway crews and flagmen working on the widening of California 138 across the Mojave Desert have taken so much physical abuse from motorists that the stretch between Lancaster and Victorville... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Posted June 6, 2007 10:03 PM