These fleeting phenomena can both be traced to the unusual and record-setting precipitation that has inundated the state since August, when Hurricane Hilary gave Death Valley its wettest day ever.

If a 16-ton CIA spy aircraft crashes into a mountainside amidst the pure-black inky darkness of night in Death Valley, does it make a sound? Over 70 years ago a mayday call came across the ...

Hurricane Hilary is roaring toward Mexico ... just west of the Las Vegas area as it moves northward toward Reno. Death Valley, which suffered major flooding episodes about a year ago, could ...

Weeks later, they learned how big of a catch it was. Dick Powell was just starting his workday at the Wildrose Ranger Station in what was then Death Valley National Monument when the call came over ...