El Centro is the biggest city in California's mostly agricultural Imperial County.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The edge of the Salton Sea, a heavily polluted lake with large geothermal and lithium resources beneath it. Manuel Pastor The ...

As demand for computing power soars nationwide, a Southern California entrepreneur with past legal troubles is trying to ...

Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state's biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. And the region's ...

Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state’s biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. The county also ...

Few places in California are as unforgiving for driving an electric car as the remote and sparsely populated Imperial Valley. Only four fast-charging public stations are spread across the valley’s ...

In California's Imperial Valley, local history is filled with broken economic development promises. In the 1900's, the introduction of irrigation was supposed to bring a flourishing agriculture ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Farmworkers in Southern California’s agricultural valleys face dangerous heat exceeding 110 degrees, with the ...

It was 111 degrees when Mark McBroom stepped from his air-conditioned pickup and onto a dry alfalfa field. Remnants of desiccated hay crunched underfoot, and the sun-baked soil was fragmented with ...

In Imperial County, residents have access to few public chargers and buy electric cars at only a fifth of the statewide rate. Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all ...

Research for the book from which this article draws was supported by the James Irvine Foundation, New Energy Nexus, the California Wellness Foundation, and Open Society Foundations. Manuel Pastor was ...