This is Charles, a 27-year-old San Esteban chuckwalla. His species of chuckwalla is the largest of its kind. Native to a single tiny island in the Gulf of California, Mexico, this sun-loving lizard is ...

All the cool kids are selling their race tracks. Drag strips, road courses, even Willow Springs was bought out by private equity vampires recently. Now it's Chuckwalla Valley Raceway's turn, with the ...

Ford built the Mustang GTD to be America's ultimate track weapon, with a price tag approaching $430,000. Yet Chevrolet's $255 ...

There are many species of lizards in the U.S. The chuckwalla is one that makes its home in the southwestern states. Chuckwallas are desert lizards, preferring to live in hot, dry climates. These ...

To the editor: I am a local elected official and a business owner in Palm Desert. Your readers should know that there is widespread support for the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument in my ...

President Donald Trump can with the stroke of his pen undo any and all national monuments, the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded in a legal opinion published on June 10. The document ...

It happens to the best of us: You want to own a beloved race track, but the recently-listed Aspen Motorsports Park is too far from Southern California, and Willow Springs has already been sold.

Proponents say the new monuments will protect a plethora of vulnerable wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off development and resource extraction. Biden signed proclamations ...

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LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit filed in federal court is seeking to undo the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in the Southern California desert, claiming President Biden overstepped his authority by ...

Nine parties, including a legal team specializing in environmental litigation, have formally joined the opposition to a lawsuit seeking to abolish a national monument in Southern California. Named for ...