Friends of the Desert Mountains hosts Friends and Champions on Nov. 18 at Silver Rock Park, with $200 tickets, dinner and auctions that include a 12-year-old's painting.

A dog park, ball fields and playground are already drawing crowds behind Apple Valley Unified's headquarters, with a running track close behind.

The 710-acre park near the Santa Rosa Mountains got a new pickleball court, a restored pool and upgraded campgrounds using federal relief funds.

A great horned owl dangling helplessly in electrical wires got a lift to safety from Big Bear utility crews.

Three guided night hikes near Snow Summit pair telescopes with trails during Big Bear's One Sky Week.

The 20-foot steel mammoth watching over the 60 Freeway now has a live feed, and officials say it started as a security tool.

The $1.7 million makeover brings 3D printers and a mini animatronic storyteller to Rialto's West 1st Street branch.

Beaumont Sports Park and Wildflower Park will get new play equipment as the city races to keep up with its booming population.

The Living Desert planted native blooms at Cabot's Pueblo Museum to feed bees, butterflies and even bats.

A proposed October 1 deadline would replace Indian Wells' old June and July trim dates that collided with nesting season.

The South Palm Desert trailhead now has a shade structure, pollinator gardens, and improved pickleball courts following a park renovation.

Three October Saturdays, the 7,000-foot zoo opens after dark so bobcats and mountain lions can show off their nocturnal side.

Shaquile Simpson and his wife freed a gull snagged by a hook and line, video shows.