MECCA, CA (September 13, 2022) – Early Thursday, two workers died on Bombay Beach after a train collision east of Mecca. The fatal accident occurred at around 3:00 a.m., north of Bombay beach on the ...

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Reporting from Bombay Beach, Calif. — It is dawn on Sunday morning and a sliver of blue light has begun to emerge from behind the Chocolate Mountains, illuminating the steely waters of the Salton Sea.

It’s the detours in life that make getting there so much fun, which is exactly what happened when we drove east out of Palm Springs, California, and made the spontaneous decision to turn left toward ...

During the mid-20th Century, California's largest lake was home to a buzzing tourist resort with an air of celebrity glamour. Decades later, curious visitors still find remnants of that time dotting ...

Bombay Beach local Ray Evans remembers the land’s legends well: Frank Sinatra vacationed here once, after all. So did The Beach Boys. Bing Crosby. Sonny Bono. In the 50s, Bombay Beach wasn’t just ...

I walked between the rusting tire-less cars at the Bombay Beach Drive-In, snapping photos with each step. Arranged in four rows, the vehicles were all facing the screen: the white body of a semi-truck ...

A good way to dip your feet into solo travel is a combo trip; one that mixes yummy personal alone time with that of family and friends. That’s how this trip set up. I would meet folks in Joshua Tree ...

I have to admit, I've only been perpherially following the earthquake swarm currently going on in Southern California, near the end of one of the strands of the San Andreas fault out below the Salton ...