April 25, 2025 (San Diego’s East County – The Anza-Borrego Desert in inland San Diego County ... At sunrise and sunset, Anza-Borrego glows with surreal colors, feeling much like a painting.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about that,” said Ben Wilder, director of the University of Arizona’s Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill. His “back-of-the-napkin guess”: Last year was the ...