The lake is bracketed by opulent Palm Springs to the north and the arty squalor of Slab City to the south, home to about 150 full-time residents but temporary home to as many as 4,000 in the winter.

Some places feel like they're straight out of a movie, and Slab City is absolutely one of them. Tucked away in the California desert near the the Salton Sea, this off-grid, lawless town is home to ...

Slab City is a reminder of the good humanity can create; these people turned an empty patch of land nobody wanted into a safe place for those who may have felt unwanted. Walking through you can feel ...

Two swarms of earthquakes reaching up to 4.5 magnitude rattled the Salton Sea region of Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The first swarm began at 12:08 p.m. Saturday, April ...

Construction crews are planning to flood 4,100 acres (or 6.5 square miles) of exposed lakebed as part of the state of California’s 10-year plan to save the Salton Sea.

California’s future relies on the Salton Sea and the communities surrounding the Salton Sea need state investment now. These communities are integral to our state’s economy, environment, as ...