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Palm Springs revival has deals for a song (or close to it)
The Rat Pack lives again — or at least Palm Springs, once the party pad of Sinatra and the boys, does.
The Coachella Valley city, which had devolved into a down-at-the-heels caricature of a Hollywood playground, has reinvented itself: Its retro-...Tags: Human Interest, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Los Angeles Hotels, Arts, Salads
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A peaceful interlude at the Mojave National Preserve
For a nation in perpetual motion, to cross the lands that make up the Mojave National Preserve has long meant only one thing: You are very nearly somewhere else.
For westward-bound travelers, whether they came through open wilderness, along the now-...Tags: Railway Transportation, Forests, Chevron Corportion, John Muir, Environmental Issues
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Land speculators see silver lining in solar projects
For Sale: 3,400 acres in the desert.
• No paved roads. Check.
• Isolated. Ideal.
• Land not suitable for farming. Perfect.
• Blistering sunshine. Jackpot.
• Asking price: $34 million. Deal.
As large-scale solar...Tags: Property, Realty, Solar Energy, Companies and Corporations, Wildlife
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100 cool places in Arizona
Western Arizona
Oatman. If it was good enough for Clark Gable and Carole Lombard on their honeymoon, Oatman should be good enough for you, although it's been 73 years since the Hollywood couple spent their honeymoon night in the allegedly haunted...Tags: Science, Ronald Reagan, Population, Gardens and Parks, Clark Gable
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Star gazing on Maui in Hana, Hawaii
HANA, Hawaii — I came to play in a jungle, dance under a waterfall and swim with giant turtles in a tranquil sea. But at the end of the long, winding road to Hana, the thing that pleased me most was staring at the star-filled sky. Not to imply that...
Tags: Forestry and Timber, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Forests, Environmental Issues, Highway Transportation
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Natural foods: Eating up the trends
Remember chia pets? Rinsing your hair with beer? Food that's just food — no soy protein isolate, xanthan gum, red dye No. 40 or mystery ingredients from the Amazon rain forest?
Well, chia is back, big time (the seeds, not the chia pets). And so...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Coconut, Allergies, Herbal Supplements, Companies and Corporations
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Review: 'American Canopy' by Eric Rutkow should get out more
Special to the Los Angeles Times-------------------- American Canopy Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation Eric Rutkow Scribner: 407 pp., $29 -------------------- Every book has its quirks. In the case of the newly published history "American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the...Tags: Joseph Pulitzer, Forestry and Timber, Botany, Forests, Ecosystems
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Saving desert tortoises is a costly hurdle for solar projects
Stubborn does not come close to describing the desert tortoise, a species that did its evolving more than 220 million years ago and has since remained resolutely prehistoric.
Its slowpoke take on biological adaptation has exposed modern vulnerabilities....Tags: Science, Fencing, Solar Energy, Companies and Corporations, Wildlife
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Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth
Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket.
Clustered nearby are hangar-sized assembly buildings, looming berms of sand...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Property, Politics, Employment Opportunities, Solar Energy
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Advocacy group's extreme weather map brings climate change home
GreenspaceA new map published today by the Natural Resources Defense Council makes it plain that extreme weather attributable to climate change isn’t something that only happens in other parts of the world. Chances are, you’ve had your own Hurricane... -
On the market in Santa Monica
Address: 2017 Pearl St., Santa Monica 90405
Listed for: $989,000
Size: Two bedrooms and one bathrooms in 1,074 square feet
Lot size: 0.14 acres
Features: Built in 1941, the redone single-family house has hardwood floors, copper plumbing and an...Tags: Homes, Forests
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New Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary proposed
GreenspaceActivists in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific are proposing a huge new shark sanctuary in the face of fishing pressures and the continued massive drop in shark numbers over the last decade worldwide. The Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative, or...
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