You can’t beat the California desert in the winter time, and for a perfect weekend escape from LA or San Diego, you can’t beat Anza-Borrego State Park. Looking for more winter vacation ideas in the ...

Over the last several weeks, I’ve shared the highlights of California’s two desert national parks, Death Valley and Joshua Tree; both feature mild winter climates and intriguing typography; this week, ...

The intrigue, though, lies in the sheer number of them. “One of the archaeologists in the ’80s went out and did his best estimate in counting, and he counted 500 in 9 square miles,” Hayley Elsken told ...

Each year around this time, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California becomes the rugged stage for the so-called “desert bloom.” But this year – along with everything else in our pandemic ...

Wildflower enthusiasts have been patiently waiting for this very moment: the annual bloom has returned to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California and, judging by the colorful show Mother ...

Let’s start big picture. What’s the vibe here? The hidden slot canyons and abandoned mines of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park are unlike anything you may realize exists in the state of California. It's ...

Under a crescent moon, a Baja California treefrog wades among rushes and water hyacinth in San Felipe Creek — a wetland along the western edge of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park that researchers fear ...

San Diego — Against snow-capped mountains, purple and golden fields of wildflowers were starting to bloom this week in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Residents in the nearby town of Borrego ...

Each year around this time, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California becomes the rugged stage for the so-called “desert bloom.” But this year – along with everything else in our pandemic ...

He and his team are also closely monitoring Anza-Borrego Desert State Park's most iconic plants, such as creosote, mesquite, cholla cactus, fan palms and ocotillo. Last year, researchers at the ...