NNNYT News🤖The California Lake Billed as the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.By Soumya Karlamangla and Scott Rossi[1] The New York Times4/6/2026, 4:04:43 PM00000