A major development project along the Port of Los Angeles just cleared a crucial hurdle. Discover how West Harbor is shaping ...

A section of the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Aqueduct, south of Owens Lake in the Owens Valley on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Olancha, CA [Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times ...

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.

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.

The California aqueduct is over 220 miles long and delivers water from the Owens River to Los Angeles. The aqueduct was begun in 1908 and completed in 1913 with a budget of $24.5 million dollars ...

Access to water played a critical role in the development of Los Angeles into one of the country’s largest cities. In 1900, it covered 61 square miles and had 102,000 residents.

“We’re trying to build resilience into our Owens Valley operations,” said Adam Perez, manager of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. “But large amounts of stormwater in short order causes damage ...

The cost of repairing damage to Los Angeles DWP infrastructure in the Owens Valley has been steadily mounting since early last year. Here, a worker studies repairs made in 2023 to a drain that ...

Peace prevailed over the first decade following the aqueduct’s 1913 completion. But when a thirsty Los Angeles started pumping groundwater from beneath the valley floor in 1923, the city’s ...

— For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, ... rescuing L.A.’s water lifeline became the DWP’s highest priority as all hell broke loose in Owens Valley.

The gravity-fed aqueduct, which delivers water from the Owens River in the Eastern Sierra ... provide clean energy to 1.54 million customers in Los Angeles and 6,000 in the Owens Valley. ...