A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S.

California's biggest lake has languished for decades as increased salinity, a sinking waterline and a foul smell have robbed ...

Flanked by the Chocolate Mountains and the fertile green acres of California's Imperial Valley, the Salton Sea is one of the most spectacular and bizarre bodies of water in the United States.

Creating a stronger future for the Salton Sea depends on our unity, especially as we navigate the uncertainties of the ...

From haunting shorelines to forgotten towns, a one-day drive around the Salton Sea reveals a side of California few ever see.

Read more on our AI policy here. At 6:23 p.m. on Tuesday, the NWS Phoenix AZ released an updated wind advisory in effect until Wednesday at 2 a.m. for Salton Sea. The NWS says to prepare for, "West ...

A rollback of federally protected areas nearby is already underway. Time is similarly working against the decaying Salton Sea, thanks to its unique geography. While the most recent iteration of ...

Underinvested and underrepresented Salton Sea communities are pushing state officials for key infrastructure as lithium mining expands.

The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, has suffered from decades of environmental degradation, impacting the health of nearby residents and the local ecosystem. Recent funding allocations ...

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. I grew up in the Salton Sea region in a mobile home community of farmworkers. Our corner of the ...

The long-delayed restoration of the Salton Sea, the large, ultra-briny California lake almost universally described as an “environmental disaster,’’ could be starting to finally get its sea ...