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[https://highschool.latimes.com/uncategorized/the-oasis-of-the-salton-sea/ by Danica Creahan 1/3/17 Los Angeles Times] | [https://highschool.latimes.com/uncategorized/the-oasis-of-the-salton-sea/ by Danica Creahan 1/3/17 Los Angeles Times] | ||
Miles past the glamor of Palm Springs and the comfort of well-developed civilization, there is a place that remains off the grid. What used to be a marine training camp called “Camp Dunlap” is now the “Last Free Place,” Slab City. | Miles past the glamor of Palm Springs and the comfort of well-developed civilization, there is a place that remains off the grid. What used to be a marine training camp called “Camp Dunlap” is now the “Last Free Place,” Slab City. | ||
=====Severe drought marks California landscape===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/severe-drought-marks-california-landscap-idJPRTXE2DSR/ by Reuters] | |||
Views of the California landscape, dotted with artificial lakes, golf courses, shrinking water reservoirs and vast agricultural fields, amid the state's worst drought since 1977. | |||