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The popular Altadena-area hike that features a waterfall is one well known to search and rescue teams.
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At least in the Eastern Mojave, this is one of the best bloom years for Joshua trees in living memory.
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The original 1942 building is still there, just moved around a bit.
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The kookiest hotel in the desert right now.
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It's not often that Bear Gulch Caves are completely open.
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It's a 30,000-foot-view type of message: 900 jobs will remain vacant, some facilities will close completely when they breakdown, and more.
Monolopia in bloom earlier this week. | Photo: Courtesy Michael Clendenen/Wind Wolves Preserve
Although wildflower blooms aren't looking great so far this year, spring is in the air at Wind Wolves Preserve in Kern County.
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SoCal Wanderer contacted over 10 National Park units in California to get details on how sequestration will affect visitor experience.
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One of science fiction's landmarks has been holding down Los Angeles' water since 1984.
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The National Park Service's leadership prepares staff for what is likely to come with the eminent sequester.
Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park. | Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
The free event is an expo with kid activities and a series of lectures and field trips with scientists from NASA centers and research facilities.
The trash appeared to be from a remodel or small building demolition. | Photo: Courtesy USFS
It's not the first time something like this has happened on public land in California and, unfortunately, probably not the last.
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