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Tumbleweeds in Sacramento in 2011. Far from dusty ghost town relics, a new invasive species of tumbleweed studied by UC Riverside researchers is here to stay. Lezlie Sterling Sacramento Bee file ...

A giant tumbleweed roughly the size of a Volkswagen beetle was spotted hurtling its way down a four-lane road in California this week. The jaunty brown bundle of brush was captured on video and posted ...

Inspiration can strike a maker at any moment. For [Laura Kampf], it happened in the desert when she saw a tumbleweed. Tumbleweeds roll through the western United States, hitting cars on the interstate ...