In 1987, five runners gathered in Death Valley early in the morning with plans to run to Mount Whitney — the highest point in the contiguous U.S. — in California. The daring group included Eleanor ...

The real Death Valley is an actual Mojave Desert valley in eastern California, so named when prospectors perished there during the California Gold Rush of 1849. It has a case as the hottest place on ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed “hell on Earth,” Danny Westergaard tells himself: “Slow and steady” or “smooth as butter.” For 18 years, ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Ray Estrada's 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas' scorching summers, but he'd always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth's hottest places. So ...

California is filled to the brim with illustrious cities. From the rich history of Sacramento to San Diego, the beautiful beachside city that has one of the best Little Italys in America, the Golden ...

Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million visitors go there in June, July and August, when temperatures soar. Why? Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million ...

Ray Estrada's 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas' scorching summers, but he'd always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth's hottest places. So Estrada recently drove him to Death ...