On the left, a view of wildflowers and Mule Mountain in Chuckwalla at night; on right, Medicine Lake in Sáttítla Highlands. (Photos: Bob Wick) The Biden administration established two new national ...

Thomas Tortez of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla tribe walks into Painted Canyon. (Tyrone Beason / Los Angeles Times) Thomas Tortez Jr. leads a group across a gravelly wash in Painted Canyon, at ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and its namesake lizard. One of America’s newest protected public lands is a ...

Thomas Tortez Jr. leads a group across a gravelly wash in Painted Canyon, at the spot where his Cahuilla tribal ancestors once lived in a village. The solar eclipse is underway. Suddenly, a strange ...