Reporting from Mojave, CaliforniaReporting from Mojave, California — By day, Justin Gillen works on a satellite-launching aircraft with a wingspan longer than a football field. But in his spare time, ...

3:01 p.m. Aug. 1, 2023: A previous version of this story said endangered tortoises that live in the area of the fire could be harmed. The Mojave desert tortoise is listed as threatened under the ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by outgoing ...

The two Solid Rocket Motors will be assembled onto the space shuttle Endeavor as if it was prepared to launch and will be housed at $400 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. Two large Solid ...

Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

Just minutes into our trip along California’s storied Mojave Road we encountered the first obstacle — some 20 yards of water between us and the way forward. I walked the weedy stretch of the Mojave ...

To the editor: The Mojave Desert has been an ecological wonder for its entire existence, and Cadiz Inc., with the help of the Trump administration, wants to drain much of it for profit in a few ...

Even in drought-stricken Southern California, the Mojave River could easily be described as one of the most unspectacular waterways in the Southwest. However, the historic significance of this strange ...

CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KERO) — Boy Scout volunteer leaders open a new beauty salon and barber shop next door to support Troop 888 in Mojave. Sal and Jennifer Delgado opened their beauty salon and ...

It lacks the glamour of Canaveral, but for Cal State students, an engine test stand in the desert beats the classroom. Chad Slattery Elsewhere, Roton might have been discreetly withdrawn from public ...