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Local stargazers escape to the desert
They traveled more than 200 miles from the San Gabriel Valley to reach one of the darkest corners in Southern California. Three hours before sunset on Saturday, half a dozen amateur astronomers unloaded high-powered telescopes onto a concrete platform...
Tags: Saturn, Astronomy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Hours reduced at Mojave National Preserve's Kelso Depot
The Kelso Depot Visitor Center in Mojave National Preserve, the park’s popular historic site, is about to be affected by federal spending cuts. Starting next week, the visitor center will be closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The visitor center...
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San Bernardino County approves Cadiz groundwater pumping plan
L.A. NOWSan Bernardino County Supervisors on Monday approved Cadiz Inc.'s plan to pump massive amounts of Mojave Desert groundwater and market it to Southern California. Voting 4 to 1, with 3rd District Supervisor Neil Derry voicing the lone no, the board...... -
Cross found in Northern California identified as the Mojave cross
L.A. NOWMojave National Preserve officials confirmed Wednesday that the cross found Monday on a roadside in Northern California once stood in the Mojave Desert. Rangers at the preserve were helped in their identification by Henry Sandoz, who constructed and... -
Missing Mojave cross might have been found in Half Moon Bay
L.A. NOWOn Monday in Northern California, officials found a cross that could likely be the vanished Mojave cross.... -
O.C. water board approves Cadiz's desert-pumping plans
L.A. NOWA proposal to pump groundwater from the Mojave Desert and sell it to Southern California suburbs won its first stamp of approval Tuesday night when a south Orange County water district voted to move ahead with the project.... -
Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth
![Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/67846946-04090541.jpg "Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower\" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket.")
Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket.
Clustered nearby are hangar-sized assembly buildings, looming berms of sand...Tags: Natural Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, National Parks, Federal Aviation Administration, Plant Openings
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A peaceful interlude at the Mojave National Preserve
For a nation in perpetual motion, to cross the lands that make up the Mojave National Preserve has long meant only one thing: You are very nearly somewhere else.
For westward-bound travelers, whether they came through open wilderness, along the now-...Tags: Chevron Corportion, Environmental Issues, National Parks, Hotels and Accommodations, Arts and Culture
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California national parks
A list, from Alcatraz Island to Yosemite National Park, with programs, fees and directions.
Find out about historic and scenic sites as well as programs, fees and directions to California's national parks, monuments and recreation areas:
Alcatraz...Tags: Yosemite National Park, Politics, National Parks, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure
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If you go to the Mojave National Preserve
If you go THE BEST WAY TO MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE From L.A., take Interstate 10 or 210 east to Interstate 15. It takes less than four hours to drive to Kelso, in the heart of the preserve. From Las Vegas, it's about 90 minutes. Those who want to dip... -
Southern California Moments: Looking back on 2011 and ahead to 2012
L.A. NOW365 days, 365 photos. Over the course of the year we've made a lot of new friends and seen a lot of great photography. Above are the 12 photos that struck us as our favorites from each month. From Batman...... -
Dispute over Mojave cross on federal land moves closer to resolution
L.A. NOWThe National Park Service moved one step closer Tuesday toward resolving an 11-year dispute over the display of crosses on public land in the Mojave National Preserve....
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