Death Valley National Park News

SPECIAL TO THE PVT Riders in the mule train will head down Homestead Road after leaving Terrible's Lakeside Casino on Monday morning.

Until Las Vegas hotels start giving rooms away, one of the best deals we've found is at Hooters Casino Hotel, a block off the Strip.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009. Issue 43, Volume 13. SAN DIEGO- Starting today, North County residents will have to start dialing a 1 and the area code when making any telephone calls.

One of the haunts in Silver City, Taking a day trip to a haunted location in the Death Valley National Park area is a great way to learn some history and have some fun in the process.

In 1994, Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act, which made Joshua Tree a National Park.

Residents in the North County will have to start dialing a 1 and the area code when placing calls, starting Saturday, according to state utility officials.

Early August: A woman and her young son are stranded for five days in a remote corner of Death Valley National Park in 117 degree-average heat; the boy doesn't survive.

More than 175 bicyclists from the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia will take off from the Santa Clarita Valley on Saturday on what is known as one of the world's toughest bicycle races.

Little old Inyo County takes home the gold once again, with ABC News voting Death Valley National Park as the number one park in America.

The federal Bureau of Land Management has captured 318 wild burros in the past two weeks on public land on or near Death Valley National Park, Fort Irwin, China Lake Naval Weapons Center and the lower Colorado River.

October 2, 2009 - Central California has felt a long series of tremors since the United States Geological Survey reported the original earthquake on Thursday, October 01, 2009 at 03:01:23 a.m. This was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter approximately 18 miles southeast of Lone Pine, in Central California.

A preliminary earthquake report said the quake was recorded at 2:01 a.m. Thursday about 148 miles west of Las Vegas and within the vicinity of Death Valley National Park.

2. True or false? James A Garfield National Historic Site preserves the place where President Garfield was assassinated.

IN EFFECT FOR: SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CALIFORNIA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

On Sunday, Ken Burns' and Dayton Duncan's 12-hour documentary: "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," begins.

The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.

Prowl the rugged back roads of Death Valley National Park on four-wheel-drive tours that explore some of the most interesting and remote attractions in the eastern California park.

Bob Ramos has literally climbed the highest mountain - at least the highest mountain in the lower 48 states.

New park film shows beauty and wonders of Death Valley National Park. Badwater reflection photo by Kurt Repanshek.

Wrapped in extra clothing, Dunedin cyclist Neill Glover rides around Rotary Park in Dunedin in preparation for his journey through Death Valley in the United States.