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In Death Valley Heat, Salt Creek Pupfish Find a Way to Survive

It's springtime, Earth Day, which means that one of nature's weirdest events is in high gear. But you have to take the heat to experience it. And you sort of have to live in a place called Devil's Hole. That's Devil's Hole in Death Valley, Calif. For starters, it's one of the hottest locations on Earth (summertime average...

Crash Likely to Increase Scrutiny of Off-Road Racing

(Aug. 16) -- The driver who lost control during an off-road race in the California desert and killed eight people when he crashed his truck into a crowd "had no business" going as fast as he did, a witness said today. Keith Carty, an off-road race driver, watched the tragic accident at the California 200 truck race this...

Family, Friends Mourn 8 Killed in Off-Road Wreck

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. (Aug. 16) -- Zachary Freeman loved to fish, dirt bike and camp - but most of all, he loved to watch off-road truck racing in the vast Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles. That love would cost the 24-year-old pipe welder and seven other off-road enthusiasts their lives when a truck competing in...

Accident at Southern California Off-Road Race Kills 8

(Aug. 15) -- A popular off-road race in southern California ended in tragedy last night, when a driver lost control of his truck and smashed into a crowd of spectators, killing eight and injuring 12 others. The accident happened just 12 minutes into the California 200 race, which was being held in the Mojave Desert's...

New-Age Dome Hosts Star Party for Meteor Shower

(Aug. 11) -- Thanks to a thin moon, Friday the 13th promises some good luck this year for sky gazers as Earth passes through the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. In the California community of Landers, many will be gathering under the skies for the fourth annual Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party, an event put on by the...

Background on Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert ( or ; High Desert) occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States.

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