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

Three hours out of Los Angeles off Highway 111 lies an unassuming 9×5 mile grid of a town called Bombay Beach. Driving by, one might assume this is like any one of hundreds of coastal towns ...

The federal and state governments have directed millions of dollars toward restoration work at Salton Sea. The once-abandoned North Shore Beach & Yacht Club is now a community center. Towns such as ...

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 ...