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About the Show Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: California City. For decades, real estate developers have sold a dream here: if you buy land now, you’ll be rich one day. Thousands of people bought this dream. Many were young couples and hard-working immigrants looking to build a better future. But much of the land they bought is nearly worthless. In this new podcast from LAist Studios, host Emily Guerin tells a story of money, power and deception. Funding provided by:

It's not just wildflowers that bloom in California this time of year — it's also when massive art installations blossom across the Coachella Valley. Every two years, a group of international artists creates a variety of site-specific works for Desert X in and around Palm Springs, many set against the massive wind farms that pepper the landscape. Visually and tangibly responding to a deeply unpopular Desert X decision to partner with the repressive Saudi Arabian theocracy for an exhibit there, many of this year's artists are making bold statements about women's rights, diversity, immigratio...

Caltrans is working with Brightline West, the California State Transportation Agency, and the California High-Speed Rail Authority to develop an independent and privately funded electric high-speed rail system that will connect Rancho Cucamonga to Apple Valley. The train will then continue on to Las Vegas. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the public comment period on the proposal is now open… Caltrans is accepting public comment on the second segment of the high-speed rail system that will run from Apple Valley to Rancho Cucamonga, known as the Cajon Pass. The project will serve as the seco...

Mil-Tree, an organization that integrates veterans into the community through arts and dialogue, is hosting a spoken-word fundraiser and is looking for sponsors. Reporter Heather Clisby has details… “Live From Joshua Tree,” a fundraiser benefitting the Mil-Tree Veteran Project, is currently seeking sponsors. The event will feature seven spoken word artists sharing desert stories and songs and will be available for live streaming on Sunday, April 18, at 7 p.m. Hosted by Mil-Tree Founder Cheryl Montelle, the performers include Kim Stringfellow, Ken Layne, Miri Hunter, Ted Quinn, Elise Kos...

(Lance Gerber) As an artistic form, the machine-geometry of a classic Minimalist cube has long signaled the heavy industrialization of the modern world — which ravaged Africa, contributing to the water crises that today plague Ghana. Securing the resource for survival requires relentless daily labor. That’s what all those yellow water containers are for. Bringing the local desert into the endurance narrative, Attukwei Clottey spread a puddle-shaped sheet on the ground that links the two cubes. Set in another lovely garden, Amer’s “Women’s Qualities” is partly tongue-in-cheek, supp...