The best way to escape the last week or so of winter (and general responsibilities, for that matter) is by going off the grid with a desert vacation. Turn your phone off, grab your closest friends, ...

Joshua Tree, Calif. — Many Angelenos dreamed about buying cheap land in the desert during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emmanuel Ruggiero actually did it. On his plot in Joshua Tree, the software engineer ...

A tiny home resembling a castle turret was more charming in theory than in practice.

Lazy Sky Retreat has tepees that are spacious tents with electrical outlets, Western decor and doors facing the rising sun on May 15, 2018, in Joshua Tree, Calif. Lazy Sky is just one of Joshua Tree's ...

Long-term residents of the once-affordable community say the hot housing market has pushed out working families and eroded the area’s desert lifestyle for those who remain. Over a quarter of Joshua ...

A short-term rental gold rush is fueling concern for the area’s signature trees and debates about whether the nature of life in the desert of southeastern California is changing forever. A new ...

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — This high-desert gateway to Joshua Tree National Park is in an uproar over what some see as heavy-handed enforcement of a new law aimed at reining in hundreds of Airbnb units and ...

Tamra Speakman received notice last year ordering her to vacate her rental home of nearly a decade in Yucca Valley. The owner was selling the home, and for Speakman, who relies on a limited income of ...

For the past six years, the 10-acre Desert Yacht Club — a 1946 Chris Craft cruiser anchored on a rocky hilltop amid retro trailers near Joshua Tree, California — has been Alessandro Giuliano’s primary ...