A new conservancy will oversee work to improve vegetation, water quality and natural habitat in the Salton Sea. Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough?

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Friday morning near the Salton Sea. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 10:26 a.m. in the southern part of the lake, near the community of Calipatria,

The Salton Sea, once a thriving destination for tourism in Southern California, is now a symbol of environmental decline. But for one endurance athlete, the changing landscape

State officials have wrestled with the Salton Sea's deteriorating condition as its water becomes fouler and its footprint shrinks, exposing toxic dust that wafts through the region.