Hesperia

Hesperia’s grew from 715 to 15,359.

In the latest release — comprising all of Southern California, including San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties — the cities of Hesperia and Jurupa Valley saw the most significant percentage increase in acres zoned, with the cities’ total averages in hazard zones increasing more than 35- and 45-fold, respectively.

Welcome to Earth One, the piece de resistance at CalEarth, an educational campus and nonprofit organization in Hesperia that, for the last three decades, has championed a building style known as the SuperAdobe.

On-site workshops as well as apprenticeship programs are also offered at the Hesperia campus throughout the year.

“When I heard about this, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to drive two hours to Hesperia,” says Schachter, who works as an electrical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.