Sage Alexander

Inspired by Italo Calvino’s “The Castle of Crossed Destinies,” seven of the Weekender’s staffers came together to write short pieces based on the same set of five tarot cards.

there’s a bubble in the wall above our pillows. it’s a painted over bulge, caught condensation from decades of tenants mouth breathing into a room

In many ways, the decay of the Salton Sea is the natural conclusion of the corruption of urban living. The problems of the Salton Sea have always revolved around water rights.

The skyrocketing price of property in South Lake Tahoe can help us understand how small towns are impacted by transplants from cities, for better or worse.

UC Berkeley, through decades of systematic looting, has one of the largest collections of human remains in the country.

Stateline, Nevada without tourists was a church without worshipers. Next to the deserted highway, usually jumbled with traffic, were shuttered knickknack shops and abandoned timeshares, electric signs promising, "The fun will return!"