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Mojave National Preserve closures during government shutdown

Joshua Tree National Park to remain open

Some of our favorite Sun Runner covers

Thank you, and a fond farewell

Joshua Tree National Park to temporarily close Thursday

Community pulls together to support Joshua Tree National Park during shutdown

Government shutdown impacts parks

Jazz legend Nancy Wilson has died

Monument Valley Tribal Park closed due to Satanic cult YouTube stunt

The Legendary Marta Becket is set to Return to the Stage

By Steve Brown The Sun Runner has received the news this week that the legendary Marta Becket, creator and operator of the Amargosa Opera...

Tales from The Real Desert: The Crickets of La Casa del Zorro...

By Steve Brown It was on Labor Day weekend, 2013, when we were on a shoot in Borrego Springs for The Real Desert, our new PBS TV series,...

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Welcome to The Sun Runner, The Journal of the Real Desert, published since January, 1995. In 2014 we began to expand our scope from the California deserts, across the Southwest with both the magazine and our television series, Southwest Stories.
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