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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Salton Sea
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday morning three miles from Niland east of the Salton Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Prison worker accused of smuggling cellphones, tobacco to inmates
A 28-year-old employee of the state prison at Calipatria in Imperial County has been indicted on suspicion of taking $33,600 in bribes to smuggle cellular telephones and tobacco products to prisoners, the U.S. attorney's office announced Tuesday.
Another View: New strategies for the Salton Sea
Mullet Island in the Salton Sea west of Calipatria stands as a symbol of the urgency of solutions for the myriad problems at California's largest lake.
Pelicans fly to Mullet Island, one of the four Salton Buttes, small volcanoes on the southern San Andreas Fault, after sunset on July 2 near Calipatria.