From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

A sluggish start wasn’t enough to stop the Yucca Valley Trojans from continuing their undefeated Desert Valley League season Friday in a 43-3 victory over Desert Mirage. “We felt comfortable going in, ...

The Desert Valley League used to have eight high schools, but this year it was reduced to just four. At the DVL swim meet on Tuesday, it felt like just two teams. All 22 events in the meet were won by ...

Palm Springs has had its fair share of time in the spotlight, but a new Apple TV+ show gives the high desert its 15 minutes of fame. The aptly-named series "High Desert," starring Academy Award winner ...

Part of the proposed location of a "glampsite" development called Flamingo 640. A “glampsite,” or glamor campsite, development known as Flamingo 640 is proposed in the high desert north of Yucca ...

Residents in Yucca Valley welcomed a fresh blanket of snow Thursday with conditions expected to get worse for Friday. Pamela Fields has been living in Yucca Valley for nearly two decades, yet rarely ...

Hoven Riley knew money was tight at his family’s West Texas cotton farm the year his mom asked him to go outside and dig up a yucca elata to use as a Christmas tree. The species, also known as the ...