Mulholland’s shining reputation shifted dramatically fifteen years later, when the St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon, part of the same water system, collapsed in 1928, becoming the deadliest ...

Water flows through the Owens Valley in the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 2023. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) It’s a chapter of California history filled with subterfuge and conflict: More than a ...

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power worker Ben Butler shows repairs on a drain Wednesday in Bishop, Calif. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct ...

Tuesday, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced that it had tentatively agreed to restore the flow of water to the Owens River after years of delays and a lawsuit by environmental ...

Reliance: L.A.’s history has been tied to the ongoing search for water. The L.A. Aqueduct (clockwise from far left), spans more than 200 miles, its component parts hauled by mule train from the city.

Southern California relies on most of its water coming from a long way away. Here’s a look at several of the aqueducts that keep our taps flowing year-round. California receives 75% of its rain and ...

Just how exactly did we get to the L.A. city and county shape we have today, with 88 cities within L.A. County? We lay out the history. Not surprisingly, much of it began with water. What does water ...

It’s a chapter of California history filled with subterfuge and conflict: More than a century ago, agents secretly working for Los Angeles posed as farmers and ranchers as they bought land and water ...

For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, flash floods and dozens of bomb attacks as it wends and weaves through the canyons and deserts of the eastern Sierra Nevada.

A century ago, people in the Owens Valley carried out a defiant act of protest, taking over part of the L.A. Aqueduct and releasing water. An event this weekend focuses on the history of that ...