Mojave Desert

WATCH: The Sky Is Ablaze In Joshua Tree

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Mojave Desert, Time Lapse, California Desert, Video, Timelapsing, California Get Away, LA Photographers, Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree Time Lapse, Desert Art, Los Angeles Art, Gavin Heffernan, Joshua Tree Video, Joshua Tree Journey, Time-Lapse Photography, Sunchaser Pictures, California Vacation, Los Angeles News

Joshua Tree is so quiet you can hear the flapping of a bird's wings. The only trees, which are spikey, Dr. Seuss-like and look like multi-armed beings...

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Mining Groundwater for Profit: The Cadiz Project

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Mojave Desert, Water Use, Water Use Efficiency, Water, Conservation, Groundwater, Aquifer, Cadiz, Cadiz Project Environment, Cadiz Project, Green News

If there were no adverse consequences of this kind of water mining, and if all that mattered was money, then perhaps using up this stock of water and turning it into a private good would make sense -- at least to the project owners.

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Oasis Or Mirage? Company Wants To Tap Mojave Water

AP | By NOAKI SCHWARTZ and GARANCE BURKE | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Mojave Desert, Cadiz Ranch, Cadiz Mojave, Cadiz Water, Video, Mojave Water, Environment, Mojave Water Debate, Green News

CADIZ, Calif. -- Off historic Route 66 in the heart of the California desert the barren landscape of dry scrub and rock abruptly gives way to an oasis...

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Phonehenge West Owner To Be Sentenced Today

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.21.2011

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LANCASTER, Calif. — The eccentric builder of a village of odd-shaped structures called Phonehenge West avoided a trip to jail Friday when a judg...

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Phonehenge West Residents Told To Start Packing

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.12.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Residents of Phonehenge West, the eccentric little village of colorful structures that rose up in the Mojave Desert over the years...

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'Phonehenge' Builder Sentenced To Jail

Associated Press | CHRISTINA HOAG and JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Mojave Desert, Phonehenge West, Kim Fahey, Building Violations, Illegal Art, Building Permits, Los Angeles News

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- The eccentric California creator of a Mojave Desert compound of whimsical buildings known as Phonehenge West was jailed Frid...

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'Phonehenge' Builder To Be Sentenced Friday For Illegal Folk Art

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Mojave Desert, Phonehenge West, Kim Fahey, Phonehenge, Illegal Building, Illegal Art, Building Permits, Los Angeles News

ACTON, Calif. — Kim Fahey will tell you he never set out to be a folk hero of the Mojave Desert. He says he's just a regular guy who wanted a li...

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11 Year-Old Drives Through Desert At Request Of Mom's Boyfriend

AP | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Mojave Desert, Driving, Child Driver, Child-Cruelty, Underage Driving, Child Endangerment, Los Angeles News

ADELANTO, Calif. -- An 11-year-old boy's highway drive landed his mother's boyfriend in jail, with investigators saying Wednesday that the man coaxed ...

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Off-Road Racing Accident Kills Eight: So Who's Responsible?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mojave Desert, Los Angeles Coliseum, Southern California, Walker Evans, Dodge, Cycle World Magazine, Mickey Thompson, Bureau of Land Management, Ford, Off-Road, Petersen's 4wheel Off-Road, Barstow to Vegas, Sports News

The horrific racing accident which took place this past weekend in the desert of Southern California now ranks among the top 10 racing disasters of all time.

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Supreme Court Rules Mojave Cross Can Stay On Mojave Land

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thieves Take Controversial Mojave Desert Cross

AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A cross erected on a remote Mojave Desert outcropping to honor American war dead has been stolen less than two weeks after the U.S...

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Blind Faith: Supreme Court Meltdown

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mojave Desert, Scalia, First Amendment, Cross, Establishment Clause, Scalia Cross Remarks, Scalia Cross, Religion in America, Antonin Scalia, Politics News

If a Christian would not select a Star of David then why on earth would a Jew choose a cross? Yet that is exactly what Scalia proposes. The notion that the cross represents everybody is bizarre.

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Supreme Court's New Season: Looking Ahead

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert...

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Feinstein Seeks To Block Solar Power From California Desert Land

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects mig...

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The Solar Rush Of '09: California Desert Land Selling Like Hotcakes

Clean Technology | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Mojave Desert, Solar Rush, Bureau of Land Management, Green Economy, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green Technology, California, Green News

Not since the Gold Rush has there been such a stampede to stake out land in California and surrounding states, except this time, solar energy is the p...

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