The year was 1966. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which carries passengers from Palm Springs up to the San Jacinto Mountains nearly 6,000 feet above, had opened a few years prior to great fanfare.

On Jan. 9, 1925, three bandits held up a bank in Tustin ... How two peaks in the San Jacinto Mountains came to be named after women As a result, the Riverside Daily Press reported that the ...

Starting on the floor of the Coachella Valley, the rotating tram carries visitors up nearly ... s Mountain Station, which is where the easiest and most popular hike to the San Jacinto Peak begins.

John Drake admits he wasn't fully prepared when the Cranston Fire swept through Idyllwild, a town in the San Jacinto ... pines and mountain peaks — Drake recalled driving to Fern Leaf Drive ...

The city of Palm Springs rests in the shadows of the San Jacinto Mountains. The towering, snowcapped peaks of Southern California's second-highest mountain range are beautiful to behold from the ...