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Borrego Springs Stories
Desert Maneuvers
Borrego Springs
| Event Hilite
Published Jan. 30, 2008
“How do you establish camps, find water, and fight long-distance when it’s 110 degrees? If you’re not acclimatized, you’re fighting your environment and not your enemy,” says Fred Jee, supervising ranger for the Anza-Borrego Desert State ...
Desert of the heart
Borrego Springs
| Breaking News
Published Jan. 16, 2008
There’s been another development in the slow but steady liquidation of the newspaper holding company of late Union-Tribune owner Helen Copley. Last week Copley Press quietly recorded a document giving GP Associates LLC, run by Gregory ...
Father Joe and Kevin Faulconer
Back When
| Borrego Springs
Published Dec. 6, 2007
Thirty Years Ago While San Diego County has grown sharply, this desert community of 1200 people has stood still. Today Borrego Springs has one auto mechanic, one air-conditioning expert, one plumber, one electrician. If a General ...
Visit three palm oases in the midst of one of Anza-Borrego's driest quarters.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Nov. 8, 2007
Smack dab in the middle of the most desolate part of the Borrego Badlands stands a remarkable triad of palm oases. The best known of these, Seventeen Palms, is a popular destination for park visitors. The ...
Explore the near or the far reaches of Sandstone Canyon, one of Anza-Borrego's most dramatically sheer landforms.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Oct. 18, 2007
Sandstone Canyon has been called the most spectacular small wash in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Like a hidden jewel, this particular natural feature requires time and effort to find -- and it is often necessary to ...
Borrego Springs, 92004
Borrego Springs
| Feature Stories
Published Oct. 4, 2007
Sure it was 117 degrees a few days ago and we have to drive more than an hour to buy organic vegetables or underwear. We don’t have a movie theater or a Thai restaurant and the ...
Visit Anza-Borrego's Cool Canyon on a warm autumn afternoon.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Sept. 27, 2007
Cool Canyon, a deep crease in the east flank of Granite Mountain, stays truly cool only for a month or two before winter solstice, and for a couple of months afterward. If you visit the place ...
Cool off under the dribbling flow of Maidenhair Falls, in Anza-Borrego's Hellhole Canyon.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published March 1, 2007
In the midst of what is regarded as one of America's hottest and driest deserts, it seems a bit surprising to find a place where mosses, ferns, sycamores, and cottonwoods flourish around a sparkling waterfall. Maidenhair ...
Explore a lonely corner of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and visit a site of archeological interest.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Jan. 4, 2007
Sunny winter days are perfect for exploring San Diego County's population-equivalent of Saudi Arabia's Ar Rab al Khali, or "Empty Quarter." Virtually no one lives in the county's northeasternmost 100 square miles, an arid region of ...
Explore the wilds of Cougar Canyon, tucked into a remote, northern corner of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Borrego Springs
| North Park
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Nov. 9, 2006
Anza-Borrego's Cougar Canyon is a place where new worlds open up at every turn. There are more gorgeous sights to see along a half-mile of this canyon than in a full day's hiking in most other ...
Explore the Truckhaven Rocks -- tilted sandstone slabs on the flank of Anza-Borrego's Santa Rosa Mountains.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Oct. 12, 2006
The shorter fall and winter days of low-angle sunshine, clear blue skies, and pleasantly mild temperatures are perfect for exploring any of Anza-Borrego Desert's lowest, hottest, and driest regions. The Truckhaven Rocks, out past Borrego Springs ...
Coach Of The Year
Borrego Springs
| Sporting Box
Published Aug. 31, 2006
Football is upon us, and the corporate sporting press floods the valley with pigskin-preview articles. The Box can do no less. Introducing Borrego Springs High School JV and varsity football coach Randy Peyakov. Borrego Springs (go, ...
Watch evening shadows race across Borrego Valley from Panorama Overlook.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Aug. 24, 2006
Off-season (a.k.a. "summer") camping in the Anza-Borrego Desert isn't as outlandish as it may seem -- particularly if you confine your visit to the darker two-thirds of a 24-hour day. On just about any August or ...
Villager Peak, high in the Santa Rosa Mountains overlooking Borrego Springs, challenges off-trail hikers.
Borrego Springs
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Feb. 16, 2006
Dotted with weather-beaten pinyon pines, Villager Peak in the southern Santa Rosa Mountains rises nearly a mile above the lowlands of Anza-Borrego Desert. Serious "peak baggers" from around the state are drawn to its summit which, ...
To Kill and Impregnate
Borrego Springs
| Calendar Highlight
Published Jan. 12, 2006
'Even though the animal was dead, it was a real encounter to know there was a [mountain] lion there, to know this is where it fed on this animal," says Deborah Knapp, manager of the Anza-Borrego ...