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Mega Run to Wend From the Salton Sea to Palomar Mountain
The 81-miler will venture from a below-sea-level start to an elevation of 5,500 feet.
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Magnitude-4.6 Earthquake and Swarm of Smaller Quakes Rattle Salton Sea Area
A magnitude-4.6 earthquake that rattled Southern California on Friday night was the strongest in another swarm of quakes reported in the Salton Sea area.
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Salton Sea Documentary Sheds New Light on a Looming Environmental Disaster
There is something majestic about the Salton Sea, one of the world’s largest inland seas and lowest spots on earth at -227 below sea level. The people who live there know its majesty on a daily basis. So do the thousands of Coachella Valley visitors, Instagrammers, and lookie -loos who drive about three hours southeast of Los Angeles see...
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Weather Lab: What Does Magnitude Mean in Describing Earthquakes?
In the second part of a two-part lesson on earthquakes, Anthony Yanez explains what “magnitude” means when describing earthquakes.
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4 Arrested on Drug Charges After Salton Sea Dune Buggy Chase
Authorities arrested four men suspected in an operation to use an ultralight to fly nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of methamphetamine into Southern California from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. The arrests before dawn Friday came after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detected the glider-like aircraft crossing into the U.S. from Calexico, Mexico, according to a...
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It's Going to Smell Like Rotten Eggs in the Coachella Valley Through Wednesday
An odor advisory first issued more than a week ago due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide wafting up from the Salton Sea, which is creating a smell similar to rotten eggs in the Coachella Valley, has been extended again.
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4 to Watch: The National Park Service is Turning 103
Is it the weekend, yet? Not quite, but here’s another reason to start making plans — it’s an entrance fee-free day in honor of the National Park Service system’s 103rd anniversary.
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If You Smell Something Like Rotten Eggs, This is Probably Why
An odor advisory has been issued for the Coachella Valley area of Southern California because of naturally occurring processes in the Salton Sea that produce a gas with a rotten egg smell.
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Caught on Camera: Snake Slithers Behind Reporter in Palm Springs
KMIR NBC Palm Springs reporter Luzdelia Caballero had a giant rattlesnake photo bomb her report near the Salton Sea on Wednesday.
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Map: Look at the Drought Difference in California From One Year Ago
Storms continued to pile on snowpack and fill California’s water reservoirs over the past week, pulling even more of the state out of drought conditions. Last week, a small sliver of extreme Northern California was the only part of the state in moderate drought. That area and a swath of California near its border with Mexico were listed as abnormally...
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Map: Look at the Drought Difference in California From One Year Ago
Storms continued to pile on snowpack and fill California’s water reservoirs over the past week, pulling even more of the state out of drought conditions. Last week, a small sliver of extreme Northern California was the only part of the state in moderate drought. That area and a swath of California near its border with Mexico were listed as abnormally...
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Southern California Poultry Quarantine Expanded
State agricultural authorities are further restricting movement of birds as they work to eradicate virulent Newcastle disease from a large area of Southern California.
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4 to Watch: What's Fueling This Weekend's Powerful Storm?
If you think that storm earlier this week packed a lot of rain, wait until the next one. Conditions are right for what could be a weekend wallop in Southern California.
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4 to Watch: Take Look at the Eerie Remnants of California's Bombay Beach Resort
Check here for updates on this story.
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Thousands of Migrating Birds Found Dead at Salton Sea
Authorities say thousands of migrating birds have died at California’s Salton Sea this month from avian cholera.
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Be Storm Ready: Hurricane Remants, Winter Storm Could Slam Riverside Over Next 3 Days
A voluntary evacuation order was issued Monday for residents living in the Cranston Fire burn area due to thunderstorm conditions stemming from Hurricane Rosa, with flood and mudslide risks exacerbated by hillsides stripped of vegetation by the arson-caused blaze.
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Proposals to Save Salton Sea to Be Presented
Once considered pipe dreams, the concept of saving the Salton Sea by tapping ocean water from Mexico, to keep the accidental salt lake from drying up, will get an official consideration at two meetings in the desert this week.
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Body Found in Ocotillo Wells Where Man was Reported Missing
California State Park Rangers and a deputy search and rescue team discovered a body in Ocotillo Wells State Park Friday about 24 hours after a man was reported missing in the area.
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Voters Approve $200 Million to Preserve Salton Sea
California voters have approved a ballot measure allowing the state borrow $4 billion for parks and conservation projects that proponents say will help ensure access to clean drinking water.
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