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 ...

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 and then skirt Joshua Tree National Park to cruise ...

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, ...

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A section of the Salton Sea was hit by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 10:26 a.m. in a southern part ...

SALTON SEA, Calif. — In a state boasting epic mountain ranges and stunning coastlines, the Salton Sea is not typically considered an outdoor-lover’s paradise. California’s largest inland lake, which ...

6:46 p.m. May 27, 2025: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants. Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of ...

Hours after reporting an earthquake under the Salton Sea, the United States Geological Survey said Friday the report had been an error and no quake happened. The ...

A dried-up former boating dock is seen along the Salton Sea July 14, 2021, in Desert Shores, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) SAN DIEGO (CN) — Back in 2003, farmers in California's Imperial ...

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