I explored the Salton Sea, one of California's biggest mistakes. This massive, super-salty lake sits in the middle of the ...

The Salton Sea feels like a world suspended between life and collapse. Cracked earth, abandoned buildings, and salt-bleached ...

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, ...

Miles past the glamor of Palm Springs and the comfort of well-developed civilization, there is a place that remains off the grid. What used to be a marine training camp called “Camp Dunlap” is now the ...

The Salton Sea was once a tourist destination, a "Palm Springs with water." Now the largest lake in California is an environmental disaster: The water is toxic and the surrounding area abandoned. It ...

Pollution from the expanding shoreline of the Salton Sea may not be significant contributor to the region’s air problems. Some researchers suggest more emphasis on what people are breathing at home, ...