AMBOY, Calif. — It’s a Friday afternoon in mid-May and a Czech biker is eating an ice cream cone at the counter of a gas station along a desolate stretch of the Mojave Desert. Outside, his entourage ...

Many visitors to California are drawn to the Pacific Coast, and why wouldn't they be? With great weather most of the year and miles of gorgeous beaches, it is the perfect place for a vacation. And ...

This post was updated Oct. 31 at 8:19 p.m. The crowd was anything but barren when listening to Forrest Gander read his work about life in a desert. Gander, an author and an emeritus chancellor for the ...