Plan Ahead: Temperatures can climb into the triple digits at times, so pack at least one liter of water per person – in fact, staff at the visitor center will ask to see that you are bringing ...

Bring water. Stop to sniff the creosote bushes. Keep an eye out for oases. This is good advice on many desert trails, and it’s doubly true on the outskirts of Palm Springs, where the Agua Caliente ...

Although Southern California has played itself in such film classics as “Chinatown” and in this year’s Academy Award-nominated “Inherent Vice,” like a versatile character actor, the region’s diverse ...

Bring water. Stop to sniff the creosote bushes. Keep an eye out for oases. This is good advice on many desert trails, and it’s doubly true on the outskirts of Palm Springs, where the Agua Caliente ...

Tahquitz is that massive gash in the mountains you can see from the Buzz Trolley or any place in downtown Palm Springs. When the shadows are just right, the canyon entrance looks exactly like a witch ...