The ocotillo is one of the tallest and weirdest plants in the desert. It doesn't even know it's a shrub. What looks like a bunch of sticks standing straight toward the sky is actually a collection ...

Jun. 22—Any day now, the block wall on Eric and Terri Naddy's property will come down to make way for the widening of Ocotillo Road in south Gilbert. The Naddys are the last holdouts in the Town of ...

The 300 or so people who live in Ocotillo, Calif., had been on edge ever since a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Easter Sunday just across the Mexico border, causing minor damage in the tiny desert ...

Jun. 27—Crews have started construction on a $21.6 million project that will widen Ocotillo Road to two lanes in each direction with turn lanes between Sossamon and Hawes roads, increasing traffic ...

Maybe you’ve seen an ocotillo out in nature. Driving down 385 toward Big Bend National Park, the plants are hard to miss, with their sprawling branches snaking their way toward the sky. The ...

Ocotillo is the bane of my existence. After I needled the U.S. Postal Service for using a plant not indigenous to Nevada on the new Nevada Flag stamp, it turns out you can find ocotillo growing ...

Three earthquakes were recorded in the desert just over the Imperial County line on Thursday night and Friday, the most recent a magnitude 3.5 at 7:51 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It ...

A map shows the location of a 3.9-magnitude earthquake that struck in the Ocotillo Wells area on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. OCOTILLO WELLS, Calif. (KABC) -- A 3.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Ocotillo ...