California
A Century of Commerce in Death Valley: Brian Brown Traces the Reinvention of the Northern Mojave
SHOSHONE, Calif., March 14 — When Brian Brown held up a small Colt revolver, the whole room gasped. The .32-20 Winchester, shown in a photograph of his great-uncle Howard Corkill at a local mining camp and long remembered in family lore as a woman’s handbag pistol, embodied the kind of desert history Brown had come…
Still Here, Still Home: Timbisha Shoshone Mark 25 Years of the Homeland Act in Death Valley
On a clear late-January morning at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park, the visitor center felt less like a museum lobby than a civic hall. The packed auditorium seating, usually for visitors watching an interpretive film, faced a ring of seats, filled with the leaders and elders of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. Upon arrival…
New Report Tracks Amargosa Springs and Groundwater
On a recent Zoom briefing hosted by the Amargosa Conservancy, hydrologist Andy Zdon and project staff presented new monitoring results that show a mixed trajectory for the Amargosa Basin: some groundwater trends are stabilizing or edging upward in a few locations after years of decline, while several springs that previously showed surface water are now…
Newsom Eyes Special Election to Redraw Maps as Kiley Pushes Nationwide Mid-Decade Redistricting Ban
A political standoff over redistricting is quickly evolving into a national tug-of-war over the future of American representation—one that spans from Austin to Sacramento and has now reached Capitol Hill. At the center of the escalating conflict is a proposed federal ban on mid-decade redistricting, introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), who represents…