Death Valley News

Inyo County is seeing a spike in suicides this year, having exceeded last year's total before the end of June, but whether the increased number of deaths is due to the economy or coincidence or some other factor, no one can say for sure.

Lou D'Angelo, left, runs through North Park with Jeff Gleason of Marshall Township.

Despite plunging tax revenues, Wall Street's unwillingness to loan the state money and billions of dollars worth of IOUs hitting mail boxes, California's leaders are displaying a seeming lack of urgency to close the state's $26.3 billion deficit.

Michael Cook battled sleep deprivation, bike accidents, bodily injuries and more to complete the 3,014-mile Race Across America in 11 days and 12 hours.

Death Valley, Calif., has the lowest point in North America, Badwater at 85.5 meters below sea level.

Thousands of farmers, farmworkers and their supporters rallied at City Hall on Wednesday, calling on federal officials to ease regulations that have cut water supplies to the nation's most prolific growing region.

Death Valley, California, the lowest, driest, hottest place in North America, comes alive in this view looking northwest across the valley toward Telescope Peak.

While looking for some new computer wallpaper the other day, I ran across a startling photograph of Death Valley, Calif.

If you're looking to save a little money on your summer getaway, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has come up with a perfect plan for you.

California is known the world over for its dramatic landscapes: the craggy spires and valleys of Yosemite, the giant trees of Sequoia, the stretching sands of Death Valley, and always the dazzling Pacific.

Inyo County's second largest industry, agriculture, prospered last year thanks in part to skyrocketing alfalfa prices.

Book collector Gordon Van De Water releases his book, "A Stroll By My Western Bookshelves," a look into the life and history of the American West through a selection of Van De Water's extensive and interesting collection.

Sometimes a memorable moment from a trip doesn't consist of something you sawbut something you heard.

I'm repeating a Weather News column on a bogus story about Death Valley, Calif. In 1874, the editor of the Virginia Territorial Enterprise needed to fill space.

Visitation for an Ohio businessman who died hiking in California's Death Valley National Park will be held at the restaurant he founded.

Summer temperatures in Death Valley, Calif., often exceed 120 degrees. [Associated Press ] The gases of summer, winter I hear how has gas prices are going to go up.

My request for a sit-down interview with ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes - visiting the state Capitol last week to accept a legislative resolution in recognition of Fitness Month - was summarily rejected by Karnazes himself.

The owner of Jay's Restaurant has been found dead in Death Valley, California. A family spokesperson said Jay Haverstick failed to return from a photo shoot in Death Valley National Park.

Mark Fisher is the author of Uncorked and is the food and dining reporter for the Dayton Daily News .

Since the Wall Street Journal has been picking up some of our posts about the Bay Area's own Nancy Pelosi lately I will return the favor and point you to this recent editorial concerning the May 19 California Ballot Measures 1A-thru F ailing.