Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of dry, sunbaked lake bed as California officials filled a complex of ...

California's Salton Sea is an important part of the Colorado River system in the state. (Photo: DWR) Federal, state and local agencies are trying to figure out how to use new legal authority and ...

After decades of failed attempts to preserve California's endlessly troubled 120-year-old Salton Sea, a myriad of new plans to save the salt-riddled lake are taking form. Scientists discovered a ...

The state is helping that along by planting native vegetation on the west side of the sea, to create habitat and cut dust. Bombay Beach is an artisan hamlet on the east side of the Salton Sea ...

Dennis Hinkamp makes an annual pilgrimage to the sea’s dusty, salt-encrusted shores for a week, relishing its peculiar delights. Hay bales near Bombay Beach and Salton City, California, are a project ...

The Beach Boys performed there, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vacationed there, according to Linda Beal, a volunteer docent at the closed Salton Sea History Museum.

At the Salton Sea State Recreation Area in Southern California, the smell of rotten eggs permeates the air. The odor is hydrogen sulfide, a gas produced by microbes in water depleted of oxygen. As the ...

The Salton Sea -- an area rich with lithium -- is a hot spot for child respiratory issues. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241101183403.htm ...

When David Lo first visited the Salton Sea shore in the spring of 2018, he was struck by the sheer oddness of the place: the beach of barnacle shells and pulverized fish bones; the abandoned dock ...

Looking at Salton Sea today, it’s hard to believe that it once rivaled the nearby city of Palm Springs and brought in more tourists than the famed Yosemite National Park. Playing host to the North ...

But she swims on the Salton Sea, so she’s a skeleton. She was built in 2022. (Credit: Irondad) The Lemonade Stand he said was built with a friend for the kids of Bombay Beach to sell lemonade to ...