Early in 1905, the first of five floods surged down the diversionary canal, and attempts to close it became futile. By the ...

To the editor: For Imperial Valley residents reading between the lines, the article about the decline in respiratory health for people living near the evaporating Salton Sea chronicles the ...

A dried-up former boating dock is seen along the Salton Sea July 14, 2021, in Desert Shores, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) SAN DIEGO (CN) — Back in 2003, farmers in California's Imperial ...

California is at a policy and fiscal crossroads. It must decide whether to rewrite the extraction business model to benefit impacted communities, or to continue with the traditional model that causes ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Salton Sea is a haven for wildlife, a repository of critical minerals and the site of some of the worst ...

In the sweltering Coachella Valley, community advocates are calling for the state to transform its recreation area at the Salton Sea into a vibrant destination where families could gather in nature.

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 and then skirt Joshua Tree National Park to cruise ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, ...