I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into ... The wind on the dune crest had died down to a breeze. I took off at sunrise, running down the windward slope ...

But the Algodones Dunes are also a magnet for off-road vehicles, annually drawing millions of dune buggies, motorcycles, jeeps, ATVs, and monster trucks that tear up the desert landscape and kill ...

The proposed amendment includes phasing out off-roading at the dunes and restricting street legal vehicles to a one-mile stretch of beach north of Pier Avenue. This would keep vehicles out of the ...