The blaze was first reported at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near Parkside Drive, which leads to the Salton Sea State Recreation Area, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

The increase in birds is good news for wildlife watchers. There are specific spaces reserved for the public, like the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge and the Salton Sea State Recreation Area.

GETTING THERE: The Salton Sea is about 150 miles from Los Angeles. Take I-10 east past Palm Springs; exit at Highway 86 south toward Coachella/Brawley. For Calipatria and the Salton Sea's north ...

Hundreds of earthquakes were rattling an area southwest of the Salton Sea Wednesday, including six with a magnitude greater than 4.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The swarm began ...

Odor advisory issued for Salton Sea area; hydrogen sulfide leads to rotten-egg smell The Salton Sea straddles Imperial and Riverside counties, about 150 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Give farmworkers, the sea and the land a fighting chance to recover. The administration has gestured that that approach is an option, announcing funding to expedite the state’s 10-year Salton ...

Half of the exhibit is devoted to Helen Burns, who spent decades in the area. According to the exhibit, Burns helped build the Salton Sea into a popular recreation area with a beach house, bar ...

PHOTOS: A Look At The Incredible Shrinking Salton Sea “The Salton Sea is huge. It is 35 miles long. So you’re not going to see all the same species distributed evenly throughout,” Llamas said.

LOS ANGELES – An odor advisory was issued Sunday for the Salton Sea area in Riverside County due to elevated levels of a gas that smells like rotten eggs, according to California air regulators.

At 35 miles long and 15 miles wide, the Salton Sea provides a formidable expanse for outdoor recreation. It was named in 1905, but its history begins in the Salton Basin of some 10,000 years ago.

There is something majestic about the Salton Sea, one of the world's largest inland seas and lowest spots on earth at -227 below sea level. The people who live there know its majesty on a daily basis.

A creep meter on the San Andreas just north of the Salton Sea area, operated by the University of Colorado, found a 0.002-inch slip on the fault right after the largest earthquake in the swarm ...