Coachella Valley Independent

Hiking With T: The Willis Palms Oasis, Part of the Coachella Valley Preserve, Is Both Beautiful and Historically Significant

Once you arrive and go inside these lush palm groves, you will feel like you’re in a jungle a world away from the desert ...
Ever After in the Woods

This Secluded California Desert Oasis Looks Like It Belongs On A Different Planet

Tucked into the heart of California’s desert, Palm Canyon Oasis offers a striking blend of rugged landscape and vibrant life.

Not far from I-40, a Calif. desert hike 18 million years in the making

The volcanic explosions in the area now called Hole-in-the-Wall, where the Rings Trail is located, went on for "several ...

In the California Desert, a Home Powered by the Wind and Sun Asks $14 Million

Dubbed Saturn Haus, the sleek, Modernist home is now on the market for $14 million. Located in the small town of Yucca Valley ...

Past and present of the Southwest converge at Laguna Art Museum

Flat-roofed boxes housing offices and warehouses, mini-malls, gas stations and, historically still fairly new, high rises ...

$2.2 billion solar plant in Southern California a waste of money?

After not meeting requirements needed from it, the Ivanpah Solar Facility is officially closing down.Back in 2010, the project to build this facility, created b ...