With the world of information in our pockets and at our fingertips, the concept of libraries might seem quaint and outdated. But to paraphrase the famous aphorism, the death of the American library is ...

We first heard about Slab City more than 10 years ago from Mike, an alley neighbor in the Whit. Mike, a retired man of 60-something, had been wintering annually at Slab City for many seasons. Mike’s ...

In this patch of desert known to many as the country’s “last free place,” people live uninhibited by the rules and constraints of mainstream society. Driven out of cities by poverty or looking to live ...

Trying to change the negative reputation that the Slabs had acquired over the years as a melting pot for drug addicts, hippies and psych ward releases, Builder Bill created the Range, just southeast ...