Niland NewsLocal news for Niland, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Alerts- December 28, 2007 The New Year Hitchhiker Happening, which is supported by the road-culture Web site Digihitch, calls on hitchers and wanderers to converge on an abandoned United States military base in Slab City, about 190 ... via Bay Guardianhttp://www.topix.net/city/niland-ca/2007/12/alerts?fromrss=1 SAG award nominee 'Into the Wild' has deep valley roots- December 22, 2007 "Then we went up to Alaska to the real bus (where McCandless found shelter in the snow) and we were scouting around and Sean said, 'We're making the movie here." 'Into the Wild,' a film that has been embraced by the Screen Actors Guild, also is dear to the Coachella Valley. via Desert Sunhttp://www.topix.net/city/niland-ca/2007/12/sag-award-nominee-into-the-wild-has-deep-valle... Losses and laughs in 'Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea'- December 12, 2007 "The Salton Sea is an apocalyptic paradise, a Californian carnival of utopia" ECOLOGICAL disaster and comedy are unlikely bedfellows, but that's the oddball spirit of the documentary 'Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea.' Directors Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer, USC film school ... via Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/niland-ca/2007/12/losses-and-laughs-in-plagues-pleasures-on-the-... Highway 111 Closed- December 9, 2007 Highway 111 was closed because of a hazardous materials incident early Sunday morning. via Kxo Radiohttp://www.topix.net/city/niland-ca/2007/12/highway-111-closed?fromrss=1 |