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 ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the agency that bled dry Owens Lake and created the horrific dust storms when it began exporting water to Southern California in 1913, is about to ...

Yet by 1926 the lush lake seen on this map was dry, and the entire valley had turned from an idyllic old west region into a not-so-attractive “gateway to the Sierras.” ...

Since 2001, it has spent $1.2 billion to control dust across 42 square miles of dried-up Owens Lake. And it diverts significantly less water out of the valley than a generation ago.

During the Owens Valley Indian War, between 1861 and 1866, ranchers — backed by troops — and the Paiutes tried to wipe each other out. Paiute homes and stores of food were destroyed.

The return of Owens Lake threatens billions of dollars in efforts to stem air pollution, while the resurgent Mono Lake is generating cautious optimism. Owens Lake and the Owens Valley in Lone Pine ...

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.

Mike Prather, 75, who has lived near Owens Lake since 1980, sits for a photograph in his home in Alabama Hills, an unincorporated area just outside Lone Pine, California, on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.