Mojave

Dear users of aging hardware, even Firefox is ready to stop supporting your out-of-date tech. On Tuesday, the Mozilla-owned browser released its latest update, claiming it was the last one that users of aging Mac and Windows users will see outside of an extended-releaseschedule that’s set to end by September next year.The update will effectively end support for macOS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, and 10.14 Mojave. Similarly, Windows 7 and 8 users will no longer receive any more security updates. Both platforms are…

California officials are investigating the disappearance of 30 tons (61,000 pounds) of ammonium nitrate from a railcar crossing the Midwest. Ammonium nitrate, which is used as fertilizer, can also be used to create explosives and was a key component in the homemade bomb used in the 1995 attack on the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.Making Paint Cool in the Face of HeatThe chemical was shipped by train from Cheyenne, Wyoming last month but when it arrived in the Mojave Desert two weeks later, its holding car was…

The last message John Denardo received from his daughter came from a phone number he didn’t recognize.Her cellphone had been stolen, she wrote, but she promised to see him in the next few days with a gift in time for his birthday.About a week later, Faith Leighanne Rose Asbury was the only victim still breathing when paramedics entered an RV on a dirt lot in Mojave where four people had been shot. The 20-year-old was rushed to Antelope Valley Hospital, where she died the next day.Asbury and the others — Martina Barraza…

MOJAVE —  Tina Hayden took in the scene. A dirt lot. Mounds of scrap metal and trash. A trailer and two decaying recreational vehicles, inside of which three women and a man had been shot to death 12 hours earlier.“They’re all on crystal meth,” Hayden said. “This is all part of drugs, sad to say.”Hayden had come Monday morning to the end of H Street in Mojave to see the place where her friend’s daughter had been killed.Kern County sheriff’s deputies had been called to the barren property around 11:20 p.m. Sunday. Inside…

This is not a newsletter about Joshua Tree.That’s not to say the trendy desert town isn’t worth visiting — it absolutely is! In fact, it was the focus of a previous edition of Escapes about six months ago.But The Times has also covered its skyrocketing popularity and the unpleasant side of all the attention. “We don’t want it to become Tulum,” one Joshua Tree tourist told my colleague Christopher Reynolds earlier this year, referring to the Mexican beach town overwhelmed by upscale tourists.So, as we enter my favorite…

Tesla has started building a new Supercharger station in the Mojave Desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas that will likely become tied for the largest Supercharger station in the world. Tesla is currently growing its Supercharger network at an impressive rate. The automaker went from 23,277 Superchargers at 2,564 stations at the end of 2020 to 31,498 Superchargers at 3,476 stations at the end of 2021. That’s growing at a 35% year-over-year pace. However, it is lagging behind vehicle deliveries, which grew 87%…