Desert News
. . . my new fitness program. Now that summer has arrived I’ve been playing golf everyday in the early evening hours. The prices are great and the courses are empty this time of year. While golf is a great pastime, I find that I’m not taking enough time for my regular runs and trips […]
Idea for staying cool this week in the desert . . . attend ShortFest, a week of short films that are entertaining and diverse. Going to the movies is one of my favorite things to do when the temperatures start to climb in the desert. This week you can take a short trip to
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Everyday my Dad walks the trails that meander through his 20 acre ranch in Escondido, CA. The hillsides are covered in sage and grass, newly grown after the 2007 Oct. fires swept through and cleared the hillsides for miles in every direction. The music from his new ipod was playing as he hiked up a
Rattlesnake Encounter . . . Read More »
The OHV green/red sticker fee increased from $50 to $52 on January 1, 2009. We understand the significance of this increase coming one year after the doubling of the green/red sticker fee from $25 to $50 pursuant to SB 742. What caused the CHP fee to increase $2? Senate Bill 1055 was signed into law
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On Nov. 1, 1933, Mrs. Bruce Reid recorded seeing both a male and female ivory-billed woodpecker in Texas. And on May 28, 1938, Oscar McKinley Bryans observed a ruby-throated hummingbird in Michigan, noting that the birds were most common when apple trees were blooming. These are just two of more than 6 million personal observations
Citizens help USGS track bird migrations Read More »
May 2008 – Inyo County sheriff’s investigators Wednesday ended their search for human remains at a remote Death Valley National Park ranch used in 1969 as a hide-out by Charles Manson and his followers. “One bullet casing was found in the site,” Inyo County Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Jones said, “but forensic testing indicates that there
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The Red Barn opened to thunderous applause Saturday night Oct. 20th – both celestial and human. Fifty-mile per hour gusts challenged attendees, hosts and performers, all of whom braved an awesome display of wind and powerful dust storms to be a part of this unusual event. Albert’s Tarantella featured the Cockroach Theatre, Threshold Dance Theater,
Albert’s Tarantella Opens the Red Barn with a Bang at the Goldwell Museum Oct 20th, 2007 Read More »
April 1881 – Bob Paul, former Wells Fargo agent, becomes Pima County Sheriff after a protracted challenge over the November 1880 election results. April 1881- Tombstone’s city council reorganized the City Marshal’s office as a police department, and established a Chief of Police for the city of 4,000. April 9, 1885 – The Tombstone Amateur
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On October 26 through 28, 2006, the Old West town of Tombstone, Arizona celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the historic Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Attendees will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to walk where Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and McLaurys in the legendary October 26, 1881 gunfight that
