A proposal to place solar panels over the 370-mile Los Angeles Aqueduct in an attempt to reduce evaporation and add capacity for renewable energy for residents was approved by a council committee this ...
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 ...
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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. The supply of water ...
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 ...