Once a booming resort destination, the Salton Sea is now one of California’s most surreal and haunting landscapes. In this video, we explore the eerie beauty of this dying lake, from its abandoned ...

Early in 1905, the first of five floods surged down the diversionary canal, and attempts to close it became futile. By the end of June, 14,000 cubic feet of water per second was settling into the ...

Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, pecking at crustaceans. Something else emerged a few steps closer to the lakeshore: a ...

nvestment advisor turned novelist Gabriel B. Wisdom delivers a pulse-pounding eco-thriller of murder, lithium mining, and desert survival.

A 40‑acre parcel northeast of the Salton Sea offers panoramic desert and mountain views, road access, and flexible ...

The Salton Sea sits quietly in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, a vast, shimmering inland lake born from an engineering miscalculation in 1905. Over a century later, it has become a ...

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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, ...