In the 1930s, workers bored a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto. Here's a look inside the engineering feat that carries ...

As was the case with the Los Angeles Aqueduct (completed in 1913), every inch of route was battled over in courts (and in the papers). In 1928, the Metropolitan Water District was formed for the ...

But after the Los Angeles aqueduct was built to funnel water from the valley to the rapidly expanding city to the south, the ...

The city has been diverting water from the Mono Basin since 1941, transporting it south through the Los Angeles Aqueduct. For decades, the withdrawals of water from the area’s creeks led to ...

Officials believe 130 billion gallons of water will be routed into L.A. this spring through the Los Angeles Aqueduct. KTLA's Kimberly Cheng reports. April 28, 2023. Officials believe 130 billion ...

The department’s 2025-26 operations plan calls for groundwater pumping in the Owens Valley in the range of 67,860 to 88,560-acre feet. The Inyo/LA Long-Term Water Agreement’s “on-off protocols” would ...

Then it is directed to a manmade, arrow-straight dirt channel. This is the gateway of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Nearly a century ago an army of 5,000 men used dynamite, steam shovels, dredging ...

The part of Los Angeles known simply as “the Valley” is shown here before the housing booms and freeways changed the landscape radically. The part of Los Angeles known simply as “the Valley ...

In 1922, William Mulholland began building the St. Francis Dam to create a reservoir for the Los Angeles–Owens River aqueduct. To meet the growing water needs of Los Angeles, he decided to ...

As part of the Colorado River Aqueduct, it remains a critical piece ... a father and a staff videographer at the Los Angeles Times. His work spans various mediums of visual storytelling and ...