Michael Abatti was arrested Tuesday and is awaiting extradition to Arizona. He and his estranged wife were in the midst of a ...

A homicide case in an Arizona mountain town has drawn in one of California's most powerful farming dynasties. Authorities say ...

A powerful Southern California farm owner and energy mogul is accused of killing his estranged wife in their northern Arizona ...

Authorities have executed search warrants on properties associated with a powerful Imperial Valley farming magnate whose wife was found shot and killed in her Arizona home last month. Detectives with ...

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A modest proposal for western water: Turn off the spigot to the Imperial Valley and let the farms go fallow. In return, provide a water future for Arizona, Nevada and Southern California. Sure, there ...

Craig Elmore’s family still farms Elmore Desert Ranch, which his grandfather John Elmore — memorialized in a bust — amassed after moving to the Imperial Valley in 1908. Craig Elmore’s family history ...

Imperial County farmer Mike Abatti was arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of his estranged wife, Kerri Abatti.

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. I traveled to Imperial County last month to see what this desert farming community built with ...

Drought and population growth have taken their toll on the Colorado River, pushing it to historic lows. As we work together with our neighboring states and the federal government on a long-term ...

The people of California’s Imperial Valley can be as unforgiving as the region’s harsh desert climate. It’s been 16 years since Bruce Kuhn cast the fateful vote to transfer tens of billions of gallons ...