In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.

Water wars have defined the 110-mile Owens Valley since the early 1900s, when Los Angeles city agents posed as ranchers and farmers to buy land in the area and obtain the water rights.

It was 100 years ago Tuesday that Los Angeles, after buying up most of the Owens Valley and its water rights east of the High Sierra, opened its 233-mile L.A. Aqueduct to quench an ever-growing ...

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In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.

Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada, the high desert environment that is drier today because of a century worth of water diversions to Los Angeles, some 200 miles away.

Looking down on the dry Owens Valley from the road to the Mt. Whitney portal. (Photo: Matt Holzman) (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original ...

Owens Valley - Liquid Gold "Whiskey's fer Drinkin' and Water’s fer Fightin' Over" —Mark Twain. Kevin Blumer Writer Collette Blumer Photographer Dec 01, 2009. Mark Twain hit it on the head.

In July, Mayor Hahn talked about creating a land conservancy, an easement, to protect the Owens Valley from future development. The Department of Water… ...

California's Owens Valley water once again flowing to Los Angeles after 6-month stoppage. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 66°F. Tuesday, October 29th 2024 Today's e-Edition.

A century ago, Los Angeles did just that in the Owens Valley, a 75-mile-long, U-shaped cul-de-sac on the east side of the snow-capped Sierra, a place so scenic some called it an American Switzerland.