From the air a narrow strip of flora twines across the desert floor like some exotic ribbon, a striking image as you fly into the famed California resort town, 110 miles east of Los Angeles. This bit ...

I just killed my favorite Haworthia. It was a beautiful rock hard reptilian looking specimen I'd had for years in a lovely handmade pot. I failed to follow my own advice to back off prior to coming ...

What's on my mind for 2026: Amsterdam's river cruise plansOne of the topics on my mind is Amsterdam, which will begin curbing the number of river cruise calls allowed in the city in an... A big step ...

About 50 years ago, Jack Segurson's golden retriever led him to buy a big swath of Sonoran Desert towering over Bear Creek at the base of the Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson. Now the 151-acre ...

A recent Desert Sun editorial, “Handling of Paradise Valley project must not undermine the hard-won multi-species plan” (May 24, 2019), missed some important details. As the developer for Paradise ...

TRIPOLI—Libyans find it hard to believe that the green farm on the edge of the desert belonged to Moammar Gadhafi, who portrayed himself as a Bedouin who lived in tents and dined frugally on dates and ...

Palm Desert resident Gary Levingston captivated the nation on the inaugural season of "The Golden Bachelorette" by showing his true, honest and often most vulnerable self. Now, he's ready to take ...

But amid the abundant fruit trees, flower beds and manicured lawns, the signs are there: the farm can only be accessed through a massive electrified gate dotted with heat sensors. A long road with ...

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