The Desert Lighthouse in the Mojave Desert near Hinkley, Calif.

On the evening of May 28, residents of the unincorporated high desert outpost of Hinkley who cranked up their swamp coolers, or stepped outside for a clear view of the stars, noticed a foul stench in ...

(HINKLEY, California) — Despite inspiring an Oscar-winning movie, the story of Hinkley, California, did not have the Hollywood ending viewers may have expected. Hinkley’s story shot Erin Brockovich to ...

HINKLEY, Calif. – As the popular movie “Erin Brockovich” winds to an end, a character named Donna Jensen wins $5 million from Pacific Gas and Electric, part of a $333 million legal settlement the ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- When activist Erin Brockovich went after PG&E for poisoning groundwater in the desert town of Hinkley, California the toxic chemical was a heavy metal called chromium 6. The ...

A resident of the tiny desert town of Hinkley, near Barstow, posted that comment to a community Facebook page in December. Several neighbors chimed in to agree, offering up poop emojis and expressing ...