If the lake were to completely dry up there would be a horror to behold. While at shrinking Lake Mead a few gangster cadavers ...

In the aftermath, many restaurants and hotels closed, and houses were abandoned. Still, the Salton Sea Recreation Area continues to attract visitors, and thousands of people live around the sea in ...

There is a sea in the California desert, just 50 miles south of Palm Springs. Created over 100 years ago, the Salton Sea is a man-made body of water that was a popular tourist attraction in the ...

Social and environmental groups claimed the project could cause water and air problems not disclosed in an environmental ...

Randy 'R Dub!' Williams runs the desert micro-nation of Slowjamastan, an 11-acre expanse that makes fun of the concept of the ...

The federal and state governments have directed millions of dollars toward restoration work at Salton Sea. The once-abandoned North Shore Beach & Yacht Club is now a community center. Towns such ...

Today, only a few people live near the Salton Sea and most of the towns around it remain abandoned. The Salton Sea State ...

The lawsuit "takes issue with the (county) analysis of air quality impacts which might be caused by exposure of playa at that Salton Sea which might be caused by future actions," the judge wrote.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is leading a research project to profile the concentration of lithium in the geothermal field beneath California’s Salton Sea, and to explore the most ...

Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode of lithium, a mineral essential to electric car batteries, cellphones and other electronics. While the court decision is ...