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NILAND, CA - FEBRUARY 15: In an aerial view, steam rises from fumaroles, or steam vents, situated between two of the five Salton Buttes lava dome volcanoes that line the southeastern edge of the Salton Sea and are heated by magma under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field on February 15, 2024 near Niland, California. Geothermal plants nearby create steam power from boiling, mineral-rich brine drawn from deep under geothermal fields. A race is on to develop processing to separate raw lithium out of the waste stream to be used in the production of batteries for electric vehicles. This geothermal field at the eastern edge of the Salton Sea has is being called the future "Lithium Valley", with the potential to extract 18 million metric tons of lithium from this geothermal field, roughly the equivalent of 382 million electric vehicle batteries, according to a report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The area is believed to have the world's highest concentration of lithium contained in geothermal brines. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Salton Sea is emitting foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide gas, triggering health concerns

Emissions of hydrogen sulfide raise health concerns in communities near California’s largest lake, researchers say.

HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 21: Captain William "Smitty" Smith stands for a portrait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay. This year's salmon fishing season, which typically starts in May, is likely to be severely restricted - or possibly canceled for a second straight year. (Loren Elliott / For The Times)

Recreational salmon fishing resumes in California this weekend for limited time

SAN JACINTO, CA - MARCH 13, 2025: John Bednarski, executive officer and assistant general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, walks in a water tunnel near the end point of the larger San Jacinto Tunnel, which carries Colorado River water to the region on March 13, 2025 in San Jacinto, California. Southern California depends on a 242-mile water lifeline that runs across the Mojave Desert and includes 92 miles of tunnels through mountain ranges. A major feature of this engineering marvel, the Colorado River Aqueduct, is a 13-mile tunnel that runs beneath the San Jacinto Mountains.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Southern California water agencies settle long-running legal battle

LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 26, 2025: Showy Penstemon grow at the Lincoln Heights California Native Plants Corridor on Avenue 20 in Los Angeles on March 26, 2025. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

13 showstopping California native plants that will bring riotous color to your garden

BOULDER CITY, NEVADA- MARCH 14: Lake Mead and the "bathtub ring" are shown along the Colorado River near the Hoover Dam on March 14, 2025 in Boulder City, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Meager snowpack adds to Colorado River’s woes, straining flows to Southern California

Smaller water districts were hit hardest by L.A. firestorms, UCLA report finds

Pollution from the Tijuana River is ending up in the air near the border, study finds

Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show

California turns on water to create new wetlands on the shore of the shrinking Salton Sea

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