Owens Valley officials are using eminent domain to loosen Los Angeles' century-long grip on the ... commerce and ranchlands along a 112-mile stretch of Highway 395 east of the Sierra Nevada. ...

Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the high desert environment that is drier today due to a century's worth of water diversions to Los Angeles, some 200 miles away. In the West, fights ...

A wind-driven wildfire erupted this week in California’s remote Owens Valley, just east of the Sierra Nevada. By Thursday afternoon the blaze, dubbed the "Airport Fire," was 0% contained and had ...

In the past, severe storms such as Tropical Storm Kay and Tropical Storm Hilary have flooded Owens’ off-lake dust sources, ...

OLANCHA, Calif. — Spirits live here. That’s what Paiute and Shoshone tribal members say about the Owens Lake playa, an arid, eerily flat expanse along the eastern Sierra Nevada range that is ...

Two hundred some-odd miles north of Los Angeles, Owens Valley lies in the shadow of the towering Sierra Nevada. Snow-fed streams rush down the slopes to converge in the Owens River.

A solo female climber with a bone injury survived 28 hours at 13,800 feet on California's second-highest mountain before ...

The DWP hopes to smooth relations in rural eastern Sierra Nevada communities that are up in arms over the $680-million project, which would generate fewer than 10 permanent jobs and no property ...

Several tribes in Owens Valley in the eastern Sierra Nevada see hope in small property transfers that have become part of a growing “Land Back” movement.

View Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley, California by Ansel Adams on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Ansel Adams. Price Database. 29 October 2024. Artists. Auctions.

Owens Valley along the eastern Sierra Nevada was jolted by an earthquake Friday, but no damage was reported, officials said. The magnitude 3.4 quake was centered 11 miles south of Lone Pine, ...

View Evening Clouds and Pool, East Side of the Sierra Nevada from the Owens Valley, California by Ansel Adams on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Ansel Adams. Price Database. 02 April ...