Salton Sea

The Imperial Irrigation District Board has issued a letter of support for the local emergency proclamation at the Salton Sea. The IID Board of Directors unanimously approved issuing a letter of support for Riverside County’s recent proclamation of a local emergency for air pollution at the Salton Sea. In the letter to Governor Gavin Newsom,

An odor advisory first issued more than a week ago due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide wafting up from the Salton Sea, which is creating a smell similar to rotten eggs in the Coachella Valley, is scheduled to expire today after being extended four times. The South Coast Air Quality Management District first issued

Riverside County supervisors today approved an aggregate $1.79 million in expendituresfor a project to clear the Salton Sea north marina of dirt and debris to make the channel usable again by boaters who dock at the North Shore Beach & Yacht Club. On a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Jeff Hewitt away on personal business, the

The United State House of Representative has passed H.R. 2740, an appropriations bill in support of a federal agreement to allot $30 million for projects which would address the environmental and health crisis at the Salton Sea. Included in the Bill is an amendment from Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D – Palm Desert) which would

A new report paints a grim future for birds that rely on the Salton Sea habitat. Audubon California-released report uses bird-monitoring data from several different sources to show just how the destruction of the Salton Sea ecological habitat has decimated the populations of both pelicans and cormorants endemic to the area. As the Salton Sea

State officials will be at the Salton Sea Tuesday morning to give an update on the many issues facing the troubled lake to stakeholders. Some stakeholders such as the Audubon Society are calling on state officials and the Imperial Irrigation District to come to an agreement on habitat restoration and dust mitigation at the lake.

Community health concerns over the Salton Sea were raised once again after the California Department of Fish and Game revealed that thousands of migrating birds have died at the Salton Sea from Jan. 8 to Jan 17. Read: Thousands of birds die at Salton Sea Imperial Valley Environmental Health officials announced today there is no

Authorities say thousands of migrating birds have died at the Salton Sea this month from avian cholera. The California Department of Fish and Game says ducks, gulls and other birds were found dead at the south end of the state’s largest lake between Jan. 8 and last Thursday. Testing showed signs of avian cholera, an

A group of young filmmakers who live near the Salton Sea are raising awareness about the environmental and public health crisis they and thousands of others live around every day. Sahara Huazano was born and raised in Mecca, just a few miles from the Salton Sea. “My family, my brothers suffer from asthma and for

Harmful blue-green algae containing cyanotoxins was found on the North Shore of the Salton Sea, according to the Imperial County Public Health Department. Algal blooms containing cyanotoxins have been observed at least 5 times in the last 6 months, according to the California Water Quality Monitoring Council. “Due to the levels recently detected of cyanobacteria

Once considered pipe dreams, the concept of saving the Salton Sea by tapping ocean water from Mexico to keep the salt lake from drying up will get an official consideration at two meetings in the desert this week. The California Natural Resources Agency will look at three competing proposals at hearings in Coachella tonight and

Water experts from across Southern California will convene in Cabazon today to discuss the next steps in resolving issues surrounding the Salton Sea’s receding shoreline, which is causing environmental and public health concerns for both residents and wildlife living in and around the lake. The noontime event at the Morongo Casino Convention Center is one

Riverside County supervisors today approved a memorandum of understanding with Imperial County establishing a collaborative approach to preserving and restoring the shrinking Salton Sea. “This has been a long time coming,” said Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, who added that the agreement is an acknowledgment of the “legacy” of Supervisor John J. Benoit, who spent years

We know that earthquakes and earthquake news are always of interest to KRON4, and catching our eye Wednesday is a new study about the San Andreas Fault. KRON4’s Rob Fladeboe has the details about an ominous discovery along a stretch of the San Andreas Fault in Southern California. Read more of Rob Fladeboe‘s stories on

The future of the Salton Sea has been laid out in a conceptual plan. On Thursday, during the 2018 SoCal Energy, Water + Green Living Summit in Rancho Mirage, Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez introduced a Salton Sea vision for locally financed infrastructure projects to protect the northern end of the Sea. Read: Decade

“The projection is that this potentially can be the largest health crisis in the history of North America if nothing is done,” said Frank Ruiz, Salton Sea program director. Once a recreational sanctuary, the Salton Sea is now a breeding ground for dangerous chemicals, resulting in that familiar fishy smell. “Well, I wouldn’t be so