Desert Center News

From the sound of hoof beats as a ghost cowboy rides through Wrightwood to paranormal encounters at the High Desert Center for the Arts, the High Desert has its share of spooky legends and lore.

Melinda helps one of Eli's patients , who thinks his sister's ghost is haunting him.

31, times vary. The Pumpkin Massacre features two haunted houses and mazes, with 17,500 square feet of haunted grounds to shock your nerves as you're attacked with endless scares, phobias, illusions, ghouls plus pneumatic and special effects.

They say racing fans will drive 900 miles to see a 500-mile race. Chances seem good that many would drive to the Coachella Valley to see fancy fast cars compete - or at least drive their own fancy cars.

The sounds of motorcycles may replace the silence at land near the old Desert Center Airport, 50 miles east of the Coachella Valley.

DESERT CENTER - The Chuckwalla Valley Raceway's plan to build a members-only, road course racing facility at the little-used Desert Center Airport got the go-ahead Thursday to move onto the next phase.

A motorist suffered a head injury in a rollover crash Tuesday on state Route 177 about 10 miles north of Desert Center, authorities said.

A woman received a head injury in a single-vehicle rollover north of Desert Center, the California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire reported.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for south central Riverside County, which includes Desert Center and Chiriaco Summit.

A Greyhoud Bus caught fire Tuesday afternoon on the eastbound I-10 freeway near Desert Center, stranding 26 passengers in 110-degree heat.

A Greyhoud Bus caught fire Tuesday afternoon on the eastbound I-10 freeway near Desert Center, stranding 26 passengers in 110-degree heat.

I applaud Riverside County for fast-tracking the proposed Desert Center racetrack.

Eco Factor: Two new solar plants to be built in California desert. California is committed to meeting a goal of 20% renewable power by 2010, a goal which does seem impossible at the moment.

A Greyhoud Bus caught fire Tuesday afternoon on the eastbound I-10 freeway near Desert Center, stranding 26 passengers in 110-degree heat.

DESERT CENTER - It looks like a wide swath stuck in time. Dust swirls like it did in Oklahoma in the Dirty Thirties.

DESERT CENTER - At a little-used airport where the vestiges of Gen. George S. Patton Jr.'s military brawn remain stand the makings of Chuckwalla Valley Raceway.

DESERT CENTER -- Investigators have identified the human remains that were found in the open desert near Desert Center about a week ago.

Investigators were trying Monday to identify the remains of a man found in the open desert.

Sunday, July 26, 2009 The linked article is from the Palo Verde Times, an interesting small newspaper that covers both Blythe, Ca.

Nine people, including at least six illegal immigrants, who spent three days in the blistering Riverside County desert heat with little or no water after being abandoned by a smuggler were rescued today, authorities said.