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Delaware Valley loses some essential seniors after making the NCAA quarterfinals again, but plenty of key football players return

A nighttime burning operation to help stop the spread of a wildfire in 2020 appeared to be going smoothly — until the winds picked up.

“That’s the only reason he was there,” he added. The El Dorado Fire erupted on Sept. 5 when the couple and their young children staged a baby gender reveal at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains. A Cal Fire official on Sept. 7 told The Desert Sun, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the family had "absolutely been cooperating" with officials. Over a 23-day period, the fire burned 22,680 acres in the Oak Glen and Yucaipa Ridge areas, and within the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area of the San Bernardino National Forest.   The fire forced evacuation...

Readers had plenty of suggestions for our list of favorite California destinations. Here are more than 30, including many redwoods.

The Desert Sun reporters, editors and photojournalists have won 35 prizes — including eight first-place recognitions — in the annual California Journalism Awards organized by the California News Publishers Association. Two first-place laurels went to environment reporter Mark Olalde, who was recognized both for his coverage of the Salton Sea (in the land-use reporting category) and best writing, for his profile of a Niland bird sanctuary owner who vowed to rebuild after a wildfire. Said the judges: “Very descriptive language that puts the reader at the scene. Lengthy story that doesn't ...