T he Dumont Dunes rise out of the Mojave Desert like a whale breaching the sea, the towering mounds of ever-shifting sand ...

The California Highway Patrol Barstow Area reported three recent fatalities, including a pedestrian who was struck on Interstate 15 and two people who were riding in off-road vehicles. The CHP ...

Scouring the desert and mountains, wind gathers tiny sand grains and pushes the grains into drifts. Over time, when conditions are favorable, the gathered sand grows into shifting mountains several ...

A Rialto man died Friday night while driving a dune buggy in the off-road area of Dumont Dunes. The 61-year-old man was driving the vehicle about 11:55 p.m. when he climbed a steep embankment, went ...

A Palmdale man died in a motorcycle crash Friday after soaring about 120 feet above a sand dune and losing control when he landed, coroner’s officials said. Edward Minjares, 49, died at the scene at ...