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A linear string of mud pots and mud volcanoes suggest surface evidence for a southern extension of the San Andreas Fault that runs through the Salton Sea, according to a paper published in the August issue of ...

LA QUINTA, CA- A red-light runner was the cause of a major accident in a major intersection in La Quinta Tuesday afternoon.

The driver of a Toyota truck who ran a red light and collided with a Toyota sedan, hit a concrete median, and sheared a yellow cautionary sign before hitting the driver's side of a sheriff's patrol vehicle, a ...

A truck ran a red light and caused a three-vehicle collision that involved a patrol car at a busy La Quinta intersection today, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

June 8, 2008 BOMBAY BEACH, CALIF. -- It was high noon and the sun was throwing a harsh light over the foreboding landscape that faces the Salton Sea.

Marc Weingarten talks with Marisa Silver , whose new book, The God of War , is set in the landscape of the Salton Sea.

Scientists and government officials sounded a warning to get ready for the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history.

Of the many qualities to recommend Marisa Silver's novel 'The God of War,' one is the artful way it suggests the coexistence of love, longing and violence.

“I could please Mrs. Poole just by following her rules. . . . At her house, I could reinvent myself as a boy who did things right.”

Simon & Schuster. 271 pp. $23 Reviewed by Frank Wilson At the very beginning of Marisa Silver's The God of War , Ares Ramirez, the narrator whose first name gives the novel its title, relates how "on a spring ... via Philly.com

“The moment I held it I knew the power and sense of safety it bestowed on me would be hard to give up. ... I was now a boy who had a gun. It would be impossible to return to being the weak and helpless boy I had been.”

The God of War By Marisa Silver Simon & Schuster; 271 pages, $23 Quietly powerful and remarkably moving, "The God of War" is the story of a pivotal period in the life of Ares Ramirez, a 12-year-old boy living ... via SFGate

The fire started Saturday near Bombay Beach. Fire Fighters thought they had extinguished the brush fire then, but it rekindled on Sunday. via Kxo Radio

VOTE: Is this photo good for Human Impact ? Voting open until 8 April 2008. Tell a friend! Taken at the Salton Sea. via JPG

“I learned to waterski out there!”

At over two hundred feet below sea level, without any diving apparatus, not even wearing a swimsuit, what's a man to do? Me, I stopped and watched the birds -- seagulls, lapwings, some kind of swifts. via Death Ends Fun

“We want to restore, not modify, the sea”

Longtime Salton City resident Rick Davis intends to save the dying Salton Sea, one gallon of fresh water at a time. via Desert Sun

Registration is now open for a field trip to the San Andreas Fault, organized by the San Bernardino County Museum. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“The Salton Sea is an apocalyptic paradise, a Californian carnival of utopia”

ECOLOGICAL disaster and comedy are unlikely bedfellows, but that's the oddball spirit of the documentary 'Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea.' Directors Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer, USC film school ... via Los Angeles Times

Salton Sea Restoration Efforts: A Series Of Meetings To Take Place Staff and wire reports 10.DEC.07 The California State Department of Water Resources are holding four meetings throughout the Coachella and ... via Desert Local News

“It's really to inform the locals and the public about what we've been up to in the last year and where we are headed”

State water experts will be in the Coachella and Imperial valleys this week, updating residents on the massive Salton Sea restoration plan they've proposed. via Desert Sun

Movie Review A lake of freakish proportions attracts a cast of characters Leonard Knight , the creator of Salvation Mountain, is among the many quirky personalities drawn to what director John Waters calls "an ... via The Boston Globe