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Socal Wanderer
Six Best Places to Start Exploring the Salton Sea
Post date:The once-popular and glamorous resort-town image of the Salton Sea is now shattered and scattered everywhere. Here are the six best places to explore this land and sea of misfits, misunderstandings, and low-desert heat.
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Music
Artbound
Rock's Secret Musical Hideaway
Post date:This home recording studio in the desert has incubated a mesmerizing array of eclectic sounds — from Daniel Lanois to Victoria Williams to Queens of the Stone Age — and it began with a simple sign off Highway 62 that said ‘THREE HOUSES FOR RENT.'
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National Monuments
Earth Focus
Opinion: AB 1000 Would Protect California’s Deserts From Trump
Post date:Will State Senate leadership let Trump and Cadiz run roughshod over our parks, or will they preserve California?
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National Monuments
Earth Focus
Mojave Trails: California's Largest National Monument in Photos
Post date:Before we discuss rescinding protection for this desert treasure, you need to learn what's there.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Creating Art in the Desert? Conservation Groups Want You to Consider These Guidelines
Post date:The Mojave Desert Land Trust has launched ecological guidelines and curriculum for artists looking to create art in the desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Burned Palm Trees and Miracles: The Great Fire of Thermal, CA
Post date:After a large-scale fire burned through a palm tree grove in Thermal, CA, all of the palms were assumed dead. But one pastor and his congregation prayed for a miracle.
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California desert
Redefine
Five Secret Desert Places To Visit This Year Instead of Joshua Tree
Post date:Nobody goes to Joshua Tree anymore: It's too crowded. Here are some great places for real desert rats to check out instead.
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California Looking Forward
News & Analysis
In Praise of California's New National Monuments
Post date:Some recent gains from the 1906 Antiquities Act, which faces increasing threat from elected officials who seek to dismantle it.
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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
Bulldozers, Solar Panels, and Radioactive Tumbleweeds: California's Deserts Under Siege
Post date:Modern society harms the desert in many ways, but the most serious threat is ignorance.
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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
The Desert Is Made of Water
Post date:In order to understand the desert and the peoples who lived there from time immemorial, you have to understand what deserts lack most.
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commentary
Redefine
Desert Water Project Would Threaten Tribes' Sacred Lands
Post date:The Mojave Desert's Old Woman Mountains are a real-life history book. Their wildlife and water deserve lasting protection.
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noise pollution
Redefine
Finding California's Quietest Places... And Keeping Them That Way
Post date:Noise is the pollution nobody talks about, but we can control it as easily as flipping a switch.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Darwin Dreamin’
Post date:Established in 1877 near Death Valley, the tiny desert mining outpost of Darwin is home to a group of eclectic artists.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Paul Clemente and the Art of Coachella
Post date:This year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is stepping up their art game.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Desert Storms: Destruction and Construction at Scotty's Castle
Post date:Scotty's Castle in Death Valley remains shuttered after rains and massive flooding.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Walking Through Time: The Layered Past of Red Hill’s Volcanic Viewscape
Post date:Artist duo High & Dry document the Fossil Falls desert landscape -- a region once occupied by heavy volcanic activity.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Noah Purifoy's Desert Art Museum
Post date:The Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture, open to the public, illustrates the artist's vision during the last 15 years of his life.