Showing posts with label Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baker. Show all posts
April 5, 2016

Feds approve controversial remote desert solar plant near Baker

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A bighorn sheep climbs the terrain of the Mojave National Preserve, about a mile northeast of the proposed site for the Soda Mountain Sola...
November 8, 2014

Will renewable energy ruin an 'irreplaceable' Mojave desert oasis?

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The BLM has called the Silurian Valley an "undisturbed, irreplaceable, historic scenic landscape." But now the federal agency is c...
June 25, 2014

Baker's thermometer to reopen July 10

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World's Largest Thermometer The world's tallest thermometer in Baker. The thermometer will be rededicated on July 10, after several ...
April 8, 2014

Iconic ‘World’s Tallest Thermometer’ to light up again in Baker

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The World’s Tallest Thermometer, seen in disrepair in Baker recently, is slated for relighting after renovation by the attraction’s origin...
March 19, 2014

Park service says project would harm Mojave preserve

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Soda Lake in the Mojave National Preserve is the point where the Mojave River, which flows from the San Bernardino Mountains, reaches its ...
February 28, 2014

In a withered desert town, he envisions an otherworldly hotel

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Luis Ramallo, owner of Alien Fresh Jerky in Baker, Calif., checks out aliens inside a "Back to the Future"-type car in front of ...
February 20, 2014

Opposition Mounts to Solar Project On Mojave Preserve Boundary

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View of the North Array site's currently undisturbed desert tortoise habitat from the Soda Mountains. (Courtesy Basin and Range Watch)...
December 26, 2012

Heated debate surrounds fate of Baker's thermometer

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Built to attract motorists heading to and from Las Vegas, the world's tallest thermometer in Baker, Calif., seen here in January 2000, h...
August 5, 2011

Murder victim found in desert in 1971 identified

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Beddie Walraven Los Angeles Times San Bernardino County - The remains of a woman who was murdered and dumped in the Mojave Desert in...
June 5, 2009

Survey airplane to scan desert details

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Flights to collect seismic, groundwater data By EUNICE LEE, staff writer Desert Dispatch In 1992, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists ...
May 31, 2009

Inland desert power line projects unearthing possible murder mysteries

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise A s energy officials begin surveying Southern California's deserts to prepare for solar power dev...
October 22, 2008

County Efforts Help Secure Funds for Increased Desert Fire Protection

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by David Zook Best Syndication News Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt. BARSTOW – San Bernardino County First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt to...
June 9, 2007

'middle of no place'

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Life of the San Bernardino County sheriff's resident deputy in Baker: One deputy per shift 5,000 square miles of the county's most...

The Lone Rangers

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Greg Vojtko / The Press-Enterprise San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department resident Deputy Corey LaFever surveys the area he covers ...
November 20, 2006

Man Killed In ATV Accident

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National Park News Mojave National Preserve The park received a report of an ATV accident and an unresponsive victim before noon on Saturday...
November 28, 2005

Far More Than Creatures of Habit

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A biologist contends that individual tortoises have their own personalities. Such thinking is part of a controversial trend in animal behavi...
November 10, 2005

Welcome back, Kelso

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Restored depot proves popular Chuck Mueller, Staff Writer San Bernardino Sun KELSO - With renovation work barely complete, the 81-year-old K...
December 14, 2004

Historian Lowe, member of pioneer family, dies

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Celesta Lowe was not only a descendant of a pioneering Nevada family, she lived Nevada history and chronicled what she learned of growing up...
January 11, 2004

Mojave milestones

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Braving the perils of the historic road -- and nearly succeeding. By Susan Spano, Staff Writer Los Angeles Times A bullet-riddled street sig...