‘NOTHING HELD US BACK’
The legendary Stonemasters conquered grueling climbs at
Tahquitz and Suicide rocks
FINDING COOL IN DEATH VALLEY
How Eva Slater, one of Orange County’s most promising and mysterious painters, traced the abstract art movement to an
unlikely source.
THE NEW SUBLIME
Artists working at the Salton Sea capture the beauty and decay with a
fresh perspective
THE SMOKETREE SCHOOL
Painters respond to the call of the desert
LOST AND FOUND
Louise Teagarden disappeared–in the style of "Into the Wild"–in the Santa Rosa Mountains in 1959
DESERT DECONSTRUCTION
Is mid-century modern landscaping anti-nature?
ALFREDO’S AZTLAN
Alfredo Figueroa locates the lost heartland of the Aztecs in homely Blythe.
BY THE COLORADO, BETWEEN WORLDS
Tracing the route of Indian captive Olive Oatman along the lower Colorado River.
A FERAL FAMILY ALBUM
A family goes back to the land in the Anza Borrego desert 80 years ago.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BESSIE
AND GLEN?
A couple’s mysterious 1928 disappearance in the Grand Canyon.
A BETWITCHING REALM REOPENS
Tahquitz Canyon is Shangri-La to Hippies, Hermits and Evil Spirits.
PRIDE IN PLACE
Maj. Gen. George Patton and his Desert Training Center.
A TRIP IN TIME
Harry Quinn recounts the early days of Highway 74, the Palms to Pines Highway
WILLIE BOY
In a startling twist on an old Western, the Indians say Willie Boy got away.
MONUMENTAL TREASURE
Exploring the new Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.
HEALTH
A LITTLE STING
When a routine blood draw goes bad.
THE POETRY CURE
Doctors prescribe healing verses.
THE SIESTA CURE
Sometimes the best medicine is to do nothing at all.
MOVEMENT OF FAITH
Women integrate walking exercise with prayers for their neighbors.
THE PLEASURE OF SOLITUDE
A writer is threatened by a cougar while hiking alone–and keeps on going solo.
FORGIVENESS
Marietta Jaeger found a way to forgive the man who kidnapped her seven-year-old.