The designations, postponed for a week due to the California wildfires, protect 800,000 acres in the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sattitla National Monument.
As the fire roared down a hillside toward their Altadena home, Vanessa Prata and her parents hurried to pack their car. They focused on saving irreplaceable items, like family photographs and a baby ...
Western Joshua trees, a protected species in California, are now the focus of a new plan from the state that aims to save them from habitat loss, the Los Angeles Times reports. Joshua trees are an ...