But now they're paying a hidden cost for living just two miles southeast of the Salton Sea. "I've been having very bad asthma lately," the 56-year-old manager of the Oasis Mobile Village RV Park said.

If the lake were to completely dry up there would be a horror to behold. While at shrinking Lake Mead a few gangster cadavers ...

Now that it’s back on track ... To do that, they’ll need lots of lithium. That’s where the Salton Sea and Hell’s Kitchen come in. Energy companies are already producing geothermal energy at the site, ...

Randy 'R Dub!' Williams runs the desert micro-nation of Slowjamastan, an 11-acre expanse that makes fun of the concept of the ...

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 ...

If you don't live near the fading banks of the Salton Sea, it's easy to forget it exists — that is, until the winds pick up. Depending on which way they are blowing, gusts carry tiny, toxic ...

There is a sea in the California desert, just 50 miles south of Palm Springs. Created over 100 years ago, the Salton Sea is a man-made body of water that was a popular tourist attraction in the ...

At first glance they look like an art project. (Photo by Dennis Hinkamp) Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of ...

Now that it’s back on track ... To do that, they’ll need lots of lithium. That’s where the Salton Sea and Hell’s Kitchen come in. Energy companies are already producing geothermal energy ...

Picture a thin slab of sandy, inhospitable desert land by the side of Highway 78, just a few miles from the Salton Sea. A flag and a border gate welcome you to the United Territories of the ...