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California's Mojave desert tortoises move toward extinction. Why saving them is so hard
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA desert tortoise crawls along the sands of the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area in California...
Good news for desert tortoises: Stretch of Mojave Desert gets federal protections
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named...
Mojave National Preserve to close 18-mile Cima Road, limit path to historic sites for year
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Mojave National Preserve will close all 18 miles of a major northern access road for more than a...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, one of the California desert's 'greatest champions,' has died at 90
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWASHINGTON −Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer for women in politics in California and Washington...
Top Nigerian banker, family, killed in helicopter crash in Mojave Desert
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA top Nigerian banker and his family were among six people killed when their passenger helicopter...
Regulator offers free air purifier to 300 High Desert residents hit by Synagro waste fire
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia’s air-quality regulator in the Mojave Desert has said it couldn’t do much to meet demands...
Four victims in Mojave mass shooting identified by coroner. No suspect info yet
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe four people gunned down in a mass shooting in Mojave were identified Wednesday by the Kern...
Mojave Desert mass shooting mystery: A desperate text, slaughter in an RV, many questions
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKern County authorities have released few details about the shooting, and the victims' relatives...
New California task force eyes Synagro waste fire; DA to review for ‘criminal violations’
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA cadre of California regulators is quietly putting heat on Synagro Technologies Inc. for a...
Synagro hit with possible $765K air-pollution fine as High Desert waste fire hits 1 month
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sewage-composting company whose 80-acre waste pit has been on fire for more than a month near...