State officials have wrestled with the sea’s deteriorating condition as its water becomes fouler and its footprint shrinks, ...

"But geologically we are overdue for what we estimate to be a 7.8 magnitude on the Salton Sea." However ... is not going to receive that same level of destruction," Dr. Abbott said.

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 ...

By the desert’s curious standards, Salton City is something of a bargain. Though the summer heat is high (up to 125° F.) and the land is low (234 ft. below sea level), there is water and there ...