The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 31 square miles. That’s half the land size of Washington, D.C. The Palisades Fire threatens thousands of structures and buildings inside the ...

Months without substantial rain or snow, high winds and dead brush blanketing the desert floor are all creating potentially ...

At least five wildfires are ravaging Southern California, and the three largest have already killed at least five people, burned tens of thousands of acres and prompted the evacuation of an estimated ...

Fires driven by fierce winds scorched parts of the Los Angeles area, destroying homes and filling the sky with smoke.

Out of all the world's biomes, deserts are some of the best archaeological locations. That's because of their arid nature.

The Staten Island Hunger Task Force, a coalition of numerous community groups working together to help feed needy Staten ...

Public lands will close as the annual King of the Hammers race event returns to the High Desert’s Johnson Valley in January 2025.

A 12News crew found officers at a scene outside of the Mercado de los Cielos store at Desert Sky Mall. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone.

The encounters poured off the pages for certain bookworms in the High Desert. Real-world heroes of the year like Simone Biles and Patrick Mahomes were instead replaced by literary juggernauts ...

Researchers at the University of Isfahan in Iran claim to have improved the precision of digital elevation models (DEMs) in creating high-resolution annual solar energy potential maps. DEMs are 3D ...

The Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at the Twentynine Palms Marine base shelters the young reptiles until their shells are tough enough to withstand raven attacks. The site is aimed at ...