The Salton Sea, California’s largest lake and one of its most fascinating ecological stories, sits just a short drive away from Calipatria. This accidental sea, created when irrigation canals from the ...

At 12:37 p.m. on Saturday, the NWS Phoenix AZ issued an extreme heat warning valid from Wednesday 10 a.m. until Friday 8 p.m.

At 1:05 a.m. on Saturday, the NWS Phoenix AZ released an updated extreme heat watch valid from Wednesday 10 a.m. until Friday ...

Wikimedia Commons/Mav Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, champion of Joshua Tree National Park Plant thieves were gutting California’s desert in the 1920s. Collectors loaded trucks with Joshua trees and rare ...

The earthquake followed a pair of smaller earthquakes in the Inland Empire. At 8:34 a.m., a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit ...

The nearby Salton Sea presents one of California’s most unusual and complex environments – a massive inland saline lake created by an engineering accident in the early 1900s. Despite environmental ...

It has been so long since an incumbent has been challenged on the Desert Recreation District board, it seems the incumbents forgot how to campaign.The last time there was a competitive campaign was in ...

A journey to Corn Springs, California, turns up traces of Indigenous and mining histories in the heart of the Chuckwalla ...

The Salton Sea, a forgotten neo-noir thriller starring Val Kilmer flopped at box offices but is a film worthy of a second look because of its cast.

Federal prosecutors say the charter school founder paid a “sex worker turned relationship coach” $12,000, among other allegations.

In a single loop around Southern California’s accidental lake, this route reveals surreal landmarks—Salvation Mountain, Bombay Beach installations, GTA inspiration sites, and haunting traces of ...

Federal actions like the 1970 Clean Air Act and the 1972 Clean Water Act helped regulate water and air pollution.