Lizeth Gaxiola, from left, Angela Sanchez and Vanesa Sandoval grieve at a Lancaster fundraiser for the funeral of their sister Martina Barraza Jr., one of four people fatally shot in an RV in Mojave ...

Four people were shot to death in a recreational vehicle on this property on H Street in Mojave late Sunday night. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Authorities on Wednesday identified the three ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge are ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Nearly 1,000 national park employees were laid off ahead of the busy season as part of President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal government. National park employees receive emails from the ...

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Part of what makes America beautiful is its special creatures like the prehistoric-looking Mojave desert tortoise, whose survival in Nevada is more dire since a federal grant awarded to protect it ...

Authorities on Wednesday identified the three women and one man who were shot to death in an RV in Mojave, Calif., this week, but after more than two days, not much else is known about the mass ...