- Holtville farm labor contractor defendant in lawsuit filed by state attorney general 0 Mar 11, 2010
Mu;oz, who supplies field workers to onion farms in Kern County, the Coachella Valley and Mojave Desert, was the subject of an investigation that began in September 2009, officials at the state Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. s office said. Media spokespersons at the attorney general s office said that to their knowledge Mu;oz did not have an attorney representing him. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Public memorial planned for NH activist 'Granny D' Mar 11, 2010
During a day's walk in California's Mojave Desert, elation gave way to doubts. "Chasing my hat again through cacti, the idea of walking across the United States at my age seemed a less than perfect idea. I was being foolish: The country is too big for an old New Hampshire woman with a bad back and arthr 00000CE4 itis and emphysema and parched lips and a splintered hat," she wrote. (Concord Monitor)
Brown Sues Kern County Labor Contractor For Worker Safety, Wage Law Violations Mar 11, 2010
Juan Munoz supplied field workers to onion farms in Kern County and in the Coachella Valley and Mojave Desert. "In the scorching summer months, farm work can be dangerous if workers aren't given rest breaks, shade and drinking water," Brown said. (KERO 23, CA)
Political Grapevine Mar 10, 2010
4 billion in federal loan guarantees to help build what it says will be the world's largest solar power complex in California's Mojave Desert. Bait and Switch. (Fox News)
NASA to repair deep space antenna in California Mar 9, 2010
Work begins this week to replace a steel donut-shaped bearing on the aging 230-foot-wide dish at the NASA Deep Space Network site at Goldstone Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The labor-intensive process, which will involve jacking up 9 million pounds, will keep the antenna out of service until at least November. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Band of Horses Reveal Infinite Arms Cover Art Mar 9, 2010
The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville's Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group's most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band's native Carolinas inspired the songwriting, lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Biologist Eric Hansen carries on his father's legacy of preserving a threatened Central Valley snake (1) Mar 7, 2010
edumacation wrote on Sep 27, 2009 12:40 AM:" jbhiker---I agree, but remember the Lodi Unified Shool District has two megabucks educrats who get paid to COUNT TEXTBOOKS. And they don't even do that. Instead they "supervise" retired principals who volunteer to count books. All that edumacation to literally count books. Thes job are required by the Williams act and is one more number found in each schools SARC report card.The Fish and Wildlife Service have a GS-13 job to count tortoises in the... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Could the Tumbleweed Rover dominate Mars? Mar 6, 2010
In 2000, another JPL team headed by Jack Jones was testing a three-wheeled inflatable rover in the Mojave Desert, Calif. when one of the "wheels" broke off and was blown over the sand dunes. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Quakes can lead to more quakes, scientists suggest Mar 4, 2010
1 in the Mojave Desert east of Barstow. "Whenever an earthquake strikes," Stein said, "the probabilities of another quake are higher. Like aftershocks, they never disappear. But our hypothesis of stress transfer triggering quakes is still being hotly debated; it will take a lot more science to prove it.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Are the Haitian and Chilean Earthquakes Related? Mar 2, 2010
The 1992 Landers earthquake in the Mojave Desert , nearly five times the length of the original rupture, but that was considered a rare event. It would take an earthquake of heretofore-unseen proportions to trigger a major follow-on nearly 4,000 miles awaythe distance between Port-Au-Prince and Concepcion. (Slate)
Ovation Gets Artsy Makeover Feb 27, 2010
A new series, The Scenic Route, a travel show hosted by Los Angeles Times writer David Keeps, premieres Sunday, April 11, as part of a two-week stunt called "Passport Ovation." Keeps goes where photographer Edward Weston and novelist John Steinbeck's worked in California, explores lighthouses and visits the artists' enclave in the Mojave Desert. Starting March 28, the network looks at religious controversies in a stunt called "Sacred to Profane."A high-definition version of Ovation launches in... (Multichannel News)
SoCal mine hiring temps to replace lockouts Feb 25, 2010
The world's second-largest borate mine says it plans to hire temporary workers to replace some of the hundreds of employees locked out of the Mojave Desert site last month. Rio Tinto Borax spokeswoman Susan Keefe says the London-based company advertised about 250 temp jobs at its mine in Boron and recently began interviewing applicants. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Review: La Bella Vista by Harold Bu... Feb 25, 2010
Raised in the Mojave Desert, from an early age he was inspired by the humming noise caused by the wind blowing over telephone wires. He started his musical career as a composer in 1962. (Suite101.com)
Geologists Look for Answers in Antarctica: Did Ice Exist at Equator Some 300 Million Years Ago? Feb 25, 2010
Soreghan and Elwood Madden, assistant professor of geochemistry, want to search for answers in four distinct environments: the cold-dry environment found in Antarctica, the cold-wet environment found in Norway, the hot-wet environment found in Puerto Rico and the hot-dry environment found in the Mojave Desert. A National Science Foundation project proposal was submitted and the NSF responded with its own proposal recommending a pilot project to the most extreme location proposed -- Antarctica. (Science Daily)
Big solar project gets tentative OK from US Feb 24, 2010
4 billion in loan guarantees for a massive solar-energy project in California's Mojave Desert. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Monday that BrightSource Energy was in line for the financing help to build solar-energy plants to power 140,000 homes. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
BrightSource's big boost Feb 23, 2010
37 billion in federal loan guarantees Monday to build solar power plants in the Mojave Desert, becoming the latest Bay Area green-tech company to receive major financial backing from the U.S. government ... 37 billion in federal loan guarantees Monday to build solar power plants in the Mojave Desert, becoming the latest Bay Area green-tech company to receive major financial. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Space / Flame Trench blog Feb 23, 2010
The shuttle and its six astronauts remain scheduled to land at KSC at 10:20 p.m. tonight and would have a second opportunity at 11:55 p.m. NASA is staffing a back-up site at Edwards Air Force Base in California and there are two opportunities to land at the Mojave desert military base: 1:25 a.m. EST and 3 a.m. EST. ... Although the weather at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert doesn't look any better, Knight said Endeavour would try to land there early Monday if conditions... (Florida Today)
Iceland confirms receipt of revised Icesave offer Feb 21, 2010
Concerns about the endangered desert tortoise have prompted a company to scale back plans for an enormous solar power project in the Mojave Desert. Oakland-based BrightSource Energy Inc. submitt 00004000 ed a revised plan to the California Energy Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management this week that would avoid some tortoise habitat. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Weather could delay, move landing Feb 21, 2010
Those options include two landing opportunities early Monday at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert, where clouds could also pose problems. Conditions on Monday evening are expected to worsen at KSC, but improve at Edwards. (Florida Today)
Imperial Valley officials question Feinstein wilderness bill Feb 18, 2010
It would create two national monuments in areas of the Mojave Desert that are home to bighorn sheep, desert tortoises and other animals and plants. The legislation would also protect another 134,000 acres about 100 miles east of Los Angeles and make permanent five existing off-highway vehicle areas in inland Southern California. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Water is jobs Feb 18, 2010
I brokered the deal to save the Headwaters Forest, facilitated the Bay Delta Accord, authored bills to protect the Mojave Desert and Lake Tahoe, and led efforts to transform 17,000 acres of salt ponds into wetlands in the San Francisco Bay. Last September, I helped stop an amendment on the Senate floor that would have waived the Endangered Species Act in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Laser weapon knocks down missile in test Feb 17, 2010
Companies hail testDuring Thursday's test, the so-called Airborne Laser Testbed was flown on a modified Boeing 747-400F that took off from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, Boeing said. The system used two low-energy lasers to target the missile as it was boosting into the sky from a sea platform, then fired a megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, or COIL, according to the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Magnitude-4.1 quake shakes California desert Feb 15, 2010
A report from the U.S. Geological Survey says the quake came at 4:10 p.m. in a sparsely populated area in the upper Mojave desert frequently hit with small and moderate quakes. The USGS says it was centered five miles northeast of Coso Junction and 140 miles north of Los Angeles, at a depth of 1. (Fresno Bee -- State)
How to write an incendiary blog post Feb 14, 2010
He divides his time between the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles. This article originally appeared on his blog, "Coyote Crossing," which can be found at. (Boston Globe)
Book Review: He sees dead people (735) Feb 10, 2010
At 20 years old, Odd lives in Pico Mundo, a town which is in the middle of the Mojave Desert. He does not own a car, but rather walks or rides his bike. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Lockout lingers at world's 2nd-largest borate mine Feb 10, 2010
About 560 employees were turned away Jan. 31 from the Rio Tinto Borax mine in the Mojave Desert town of Boron. The workers have refused to approve a contract that their union claims would turn many positions into part-time jobs. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Satellite could predict Katrina-style solar storms Feb 8, 2010
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena says a space agency Gulfstream jet carrying the system departed NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in the Mojave Desert on Monday ... The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena says a space agency Gulfstream jet carrying the system departed NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in the Mojave Desert on Monday. (Fresno Bee -- State)
The technology that will save humanity Feb 3, 2010
The company built and sold nine solar plants in California's Mojave Desert. The plants circulated oil in pipes, heating it to 700 degrees with long parabolic mirrors; the oil boiled water to drive a steam turbine. (Salon)
GREEN HOUSE: Share ideas about greening your home Feb 3, 2010
The Army's Fort Irwin training center in California is building a 500-megawatt solar plant in the Mojave Desert that will power the entire 22,000-person base. The U.S. Postal Service is building the largest green roof in New York City on a seven-story mail-processing building. (USA Today -- Money)
Navy sets goal of 50 percent renewable energy by 2020 Jan 30, 2010
Vieux mentioned geothermal generation at Fallon Naval Air Station in Nevada and China Lake Naval Weapons Center in the Mojave Desert. At LNAS, probably the biggest potential is solar power. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Bring on the rain Jan 30, 2010
It also includes all of Yosemite National Park and the Kern County portion of the Mojave desert. Construction of a new office in Hanford began in spring 1994. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Scientists create model of monster 'Frankenstorm' Jan 27, 2010
The Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys were water-logged and spontaneous lakes popped up in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles basin. Nearly a third of the young state's taxable land was destroyed. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Boeing's 747 jet brought 'a new era of luxury travel' Jan 25, 2010
And NASA still uses a 747 to transport the space shuttle back to Florida whenever it lands at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. But things weren't always so rosy for the 747. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The clean, green desert Jan 25, 2010
The bill would place nearly 1 million acres of the Mojave Desert off limits for development. It would also fund a new renewable-energy permitting office and seek to expedite permitting for renewable-energy projects on lands deemed more suitable for development, but those changes seem like small potatoes when compared to the vast amount of land that will suddenly be off limits. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
2 killed when plane crashes in suburban Chicago Jan 24, 2010
2 rescued from crashed plane in Mojave Desert. Riverside County officials have rescued two injured people from a plane that crashed in stormy weather in the Mojave Desert. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Legion ReviewIs this apocalyptic thriller divine or an almighty mess? Jan 24, 2010
The story takes place almost entirely at a roadside diner in the Mojave Desert somewhere between L.A. and Las Vegas. There, we meet the disparate band of humans -- diner owner Bob (), his son Jeep (), the cook Percy (), unmarried pregnant waitress Charlie (), gangsta-single dad Kyle (), and requisite breakdown victims, the Anderson family (, and ) -- who, with Michael's help, will make a last stand against God's minions, led by the Archangel Gabriel (). (IGN FilmForce)
Tech.view: Into the wild green yonder Jan 23, 2010
Those superannuated biplanes criss-crossing the Mojave desert may yet get a reprieve. Correction: An earlier version of this article had Swift Enterprises based in Illinois. (The Economist)
Scientists Hope to End Sleeping Sickness by Making Parasite That Causes It to Self-Destruct Jan 18, 2010
8, 2005) Plants native to the Mojave Desert may one day help provide relief to millions of people who suffer from two prominent tropical. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Berkeley residents target rowdiness at frat houses Jan 18, 2010
I wonder if they realize there are some endangered cacti in the Mojave Desert. Get the point. (Fresno Bee -- State)
In state's solar power push, water worries arise Jan 17, 2010
sought to block development on about 1 million acres of environmentally sensitive land in her state's eastern Mojave Desert. If the limits stick, they could scuttle more than a dozen proposed solar and wind projects. (AZCentral -- News)
Will Californians Repeal Cap-And-Trade? Jan 17, 2010
He believes, correctly, that the law's effect on climate will be about the same as a drop of water in the Mojave Desert, where Sen. Diane Feinstein has moved to block a solar power project. (Investors Business Daily)
Series Of Quakes Hits Calif. Eastern Desert Jan 17, 2010
That area of the upper Mojave Desert has been hit by dozens of tiny earthquakes in the past two weeks but none have caused any problems. Copyright 2010 by. (KERO 23, CA)
Fund Yucca Mountain Jan 15, 2010
As documented in the license application submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008, more than 25 years of studies conducted at a cost of more than $8 billion indicate that a Yucca Mountain repository, to be built beneath a barren ridge in the Mojave Desert, would meet stringent Environmental Protection Agency standards and NRC regulations for public safety. But the president s fiscal 2010 budget stripped all funding from the project except the bare minimum required to review the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Fort Wainwright MP company deploys to Iraq Monday Jan 14, 2010
To prepare for the deployment the 472nd trained for a month last fall at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in the Mojave desert. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
Nellis AFB Flying Exercise Missions to California Jan 12, 2010
Flight paths between Nellis and the National Training Center at Fort Irwin will cross near Mount Charleston and north of Pahrump to the Mojave Desert in California's Inyo and San Bernardino counties. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. (KLAS-TV)
California Editorial Roundup Jan 12, 2010
It is 20 miles from the nearest town and has 90 percent of the solar intensity of the Mojave Desert, willing property sellers and large transmission lines running through the site ... Dianne Feinstein has introduced a bill to establish two national monuments in the Mojave Desert, which would kill 19 solar and wind farms proposed for the area ... If remote valleys and even large tracts of the Mojave Desert are off limits to solar farms, one has to wonder if large-scale solar energy projects can... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Solar showdown in tortoises' desert home Jan 11, 2010
An endangered desert tortoise sitsin the middle of a dirtroadat the proposed location of a solar-energypark inCalifornia's eastern Mojave Desert ... LOS ANGELES - On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's quest for cleaner power. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Magnitude-6.5 quake hits offshore near Eureka Jan 10, 2010
6 quake occured just north of San Bernardino County in the Mojave Desert. The 3:44 a.m. temblor was centered near the remote Trona area. (Fresno Bee -- State)
