Amboy News

Perched on a rocky hillside, scientist Jim Andre points excitedly to a newly discovered plant species in the heart of the Mojave Desert -- what he calls the great frontier for botany -- where he estimates as many as 175 uncharted varieties will be found in the next century.

There's a film being screened at the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival titled "The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll" that features a significant part of its plot on Route 66.

USA Today has an interesting article about a simmering controversy over a proposed solar-power plant in the Mojave Desert near the Route 66 hamlet of Amboy, Calif.

Here's a very atmospheric video about the Route 66 desert hamlet of Amboy, Calif., by F.C. Howard.