The Salton Sea occupies a much smaller footprint of what used to be Lake Cahuilla, which disappeared in the late 1500s. Then, in a wild spring runoff in 1905, the Colorado River blew out a ...

Activated in 2017, and again in 2019, its long dormancy captures well the effects of the droughts California has suffered ...

So much rain fell in the first week of February that California’s largest reservoir, Shasta Lake, near Redding, rose 22 feet.

California's Lake Berryessa's spillway, dubbed the Glory Hole, fully activated after an atmospheric river hit the region.

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 ...

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

Jan. 23, 11:27 p.m. PSTThe National Weather Service forecasted a low pressure system “likely” to bring much needed rain to Southern California would move through the area Saturday into Sunday ...

At least 29 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California. Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across ...

The Eaton and Palisades fires quickly became two of the most destructive and deadliest wildfires in California's history. Residents were forced to flee their homes as flames inched closer.

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians hosted their annual "Singing the Birds" Bird Song and Dance Festival at Palm Springs High School. Singers and dancers from across Southern California ...

The Hughes Fire in the Castaic Lake area of Los Angeles County forced evacuations with warnings of "immediate threat to life", while much of Southern California remained under a red flag warning ...