Russell Scofield remembers when federal officials first started getting applications to build solar farms on public lands. It ...

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

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 ...

where you'll be able to look for sights including the Salton Sea, which is 230 feet below sea level; the Santa Rosa Mountains and the 10,800-foot San Jacinto Peak behind Palm Springs; and the San ...

Palm Springs drivers should expect delays this weekend as city officials rolled out a series of road closures for the 27th ...

Palm Springs drivers should expect delays this weekend as city officials rolled out a series of road closures for the 27th annual Tour de Palm Springs, a major charity cycling event set for Saturday.

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 50 °F (10 °C). Sunny with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 9 mph (4.8 to 14.5 ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 80 °F (26.7 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from NNW to NW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C).

Picture a thin slab of sandy, inhospitable desert land by the side of Highway 78, just a few miles from the Salton Sea.