A home designed by writer Wendy Wacker, daughter of Formula 1 driver Frederick G. Wacker, Jr., has hit the market in Joshua ...

Smith’s Ranch Drive-In in Twentynine Palms stands as a defiant time capsule, offering Californians and visitors alike a ...

Pressure on parks | Students belong | Diwali and diversity. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Oct. 12, 2025.

When Congress fails to fund the National Park Service and other federal agencies, the parks must close many of their ...

Smith’s Ranch Drive-In in Twentynine Palms delivers all this nostalgic magic and more, standing as one of California’s last authentic drive-in theaters. The journey to Smith’s Ranch is half the ...

For Joshua Tree and the rest of the national park system, a shutdown offers no upside. It’s bad for employees, bad for ...

Unveil the wonders of the California desert with our comprehensive guide to Joshua Tree! Our four-day adventure took us ...

Cher’s son Elijah Blue Allman is at risk of having the inheritance that he received from his late father, musician Gregg Allman, seized by his estranged wife, Marieangela King, over support payments, ...

The seller is writer Wendy Wacker, the great-granddaughter of famed Chicago city planner Charles H. Wacker.

New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...

The desert is calling once again as the Joshua Tree Music Festival returns Oct. 9–12 to the Joshua Tree Lake Campground, ...

The federal government shutdown began on Oct. 1. If its a repeat of a previous one, parks could face damage and financial losses.