Bill “Builder Bill” Ammon, a Slab City resident for 22 years, sits with his dog, Sparky, in his empty live music venue, the Range. He’s eager to reopen and said he will make signs requiring ...

Trying to change the negative reputation that the Slabs had acquired over the years as a melting pot for drug addicts, hippies and psych ward releases, Builder Bill created the Range, just ...

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on Slab City. Read Part 1 here. SLAB CITY, Calif. -- A punishing sun was finally giving way to night, and that meant show time at the Range. In the desert of ...

March 2005 When the military base near Niland, east of the Salton Sea, was dismantled after World War II, squatters began pitching tents and parking trailers on the concrete slabs that were left.

In Slab City, an isolated California community in the Sonoran Desert, many either don't want the COVID-19 vaccine or remain hesitant to get it. ... A sense of ‘oneness’ at The Range.

In Slab City, an isolated community in the Sonoran Desert, many either don't want the COVID-19 vaccine or remain hesitant to get it. ... A sense of ‘oneness’ at The Range.

The majority of the older residents in Slab City drove into the tiny town of Niland or across state lines to Yuma, Ariz., for the vaccine, said Bill Ammon, owner of the Range and a longtime ...

The Range is another area, which offers entertainment with its own stage, lights, speakers, etc. Probably the most famous landmark in Slab City is Salvation Mountain.