Cities don’t just disappear overnight. They fade, crack, and crumble under the weight of forces both visible and invisible — ...

Created by accident and transformed by time, the Salton Sea is one of California’s most surreal landscapes. In this one-day loop, we visit abandoned resort towns, bold desert art, and unexpected ...

In a landmark move for environmental policy, California has fully established and funded the Salton Sea Conservancy, the ...

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 ...

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, ...

California officials sent water flowing to create new wetlands along the shores of the shrinking Salton Sea. The project is intended to control dust and provide habitat for fish and birds. Gov. Gavin ...

LOS ANGELES – Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of dry, sunbaked lake bed as California officials filled a complex of shallow ponds near the south shore of the Salton Sea in an ...