Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the sweltering Coachella Valley, community advocates are calling for the state to transform its recreation area at the Salton ...

Imperial Valley has a new nickname these days: Lithium Valley. Or as California Gov. Gavin Newsom likes to call it, “the Saudi Arabia of lithium.” The monikers are a nod to vast reserves of the ...

The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face water cuts due to drought and an ever drier Colorado River, the Salton Sea stands to lose again. A ...

Ana Rosa Villegas López points to the scattered images of her son on the walls of the Mecca Public Library in Southern California. In one, he stares straight at the camera, his sleeplessness etched ...