You just had new tires put on your vehicle, but how new are they? Actually, they could be a few years old. When you buy new tires, you are probably thinking they were recently manufactured, such as in the past six months. One way to know when the tire was made is to look at the tire for the [...]
The Mars rover (named Curiosity) is still en route to Mars and won’t get there until August, but NASA wants to be prepared for that moment. So, it’s been holding training exercises in one the environments which closely resembles the red planet; Dumont Dunes in Death Valley.
Because it doesn’t have the ‘brain’ that the real [...]
For the longest time, the town of Mojave, California was an afterthought for mapmakers. It was quiet, quaint, desert town with about 4,200 residents. Who would’ve guessed it would become the epicenter for global space travel?
In case you haven’t heard, the town of Mojave is home to the Mojave Air and Space Port, a facility [...]
To see the footage, jump to about 06:45 in the video. Otherwise, watch the whole thing. ;)
Three others, and myself, saw an unidentified flying object on Friday, Nov. 18. We were hiking up the Snow Flake Talc Mine Road and had made camp for the night. We were headed to the ghost town of Beveridge [...]
They’re slow, methodical, and ancient. And for most of their species’ time on Earth, their impact on humanity was negligible. In fact, humanity’s impact on the desert tortoise was far more detrimental; so much so that they’ve been labeled as endangered since 1980.
Since then, the cost to monitor and rescue the desert tortoise has accumulated. [...]
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Independent filmmaker Cathleen O’Connell and members of the the Fort Mojave Tribal Band have joyous reasons for blowing their horns and beating their drums. As the REAL Desert News reported on February 26, 2012, O’Connell was seeking to raise $5,000 by March 17, 9:34 PM EDT, for the completion and 2012 release of her [...]
George Kohler of San Francisco was participating in a 318-mile cycling tour of Death Valley. He had only gone 52 miles when he mysteriously disappeared about a week ago on March 12. It was the first day of the tour.
Kohler and other cyclists were camped near Mesquite Springs and at about 8 p.m. he said [...]
Duain Preitz may have had good intentions when he opened up his Best of Buddies rescue shelter for dogs in Rosamond, Calif., but it wasn’t in him to actually care for the animals he collected. So, when animal control decided to put a stop to Preitz’s operation, what they found was horrifying to anyone who [...]
Rango, a story about a sheltered pet chameleon who is suddenly thrown into the Mojave Desert to fend for himself, won the academy award for Best Animated Feature. So, it’s only fitting that we here at Desert News give it a salute.
Everyone in my family loved this movie, and like many animated films there are [...]
The Fort Mojave Tribal Band of Needles, CA is featured in a 30-minute documentary film, Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum, to be released sometime in 2012. The film is the creation of Boston-based independent documentary filmmaker Cathleen O’Connell. It is produced in association with Native American Public Communications [...]
The clear and uncanny winter weather may have city people enjoying the starry night skies, usually seen by those in the Mojave Desert. Star gazers may notice some “extra” bright stars in the sky. This vast array of stellar objects has been putting on a starry display throughout February and lasting into March. In viewing these stars each night, you will [...]
Molycorp, Inc. is reopening their Mojave Desert Mountain Pass rare earth mine, located along I-5, approximately 15 miles from the Nevada Border. The new operation has been named “Project Phoenix,” according to the article A Visit to the only American Mine of Rare Metals. The February 21, 2012 feature was published at www.theatlantic.com. The project’s success could unleash [...]
It’s the newest and perhaps will prove to be the most awesome jet in our arsenal. The F-35 Lightning II is stealthy, sexy, and armed to the teeth. But honestly, will we ever really need to use it? Some say maybe.
Of course, the U.S. has been sinking its teeth in the Middle East for decades [...]
Queen Scheherazade (Jordana Totam) and her court, Princess Dunyazade (Alysha Woodson) and Princess Jasmine (Francesca Parker) will be greeting Fair goers at the 66th annual Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival. The Fair runs February 16-26, at the Riverside County Fairgrounds in Indio, CA. The first date festival was in 1921, to honor Coachella [...]
While the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) has been spending roughly a billion dollars to limit dust pollution from Owens Lake, they’ve become stalled by the ongoing struggle between science, politics, and government regulation.
Dry Owens Lake was once the single largest contributor to fine particle dust pollution in the United States, and [...]
