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Plans to build a $200-million water pipeline across the Mojave Desert to supply the city of Ridgecrest are angering environmentalists, farmers and miners.
The Los Angeles Free Press, also called the "Freep", is often cited as the first, and certainly was the largest, of the underground newspapers of the 1960s. [2] The Freep was founded in 1964 by Art Kunkin, who served as its publisher until 1971 and continued on as its editor-in-chief through June 1973. The paper closed in 1978.
Cadiz Inc. has been trying to get a water project approved despite doubts about its financing, its water rights and its influence-peddling. Under new management, it now says it's all about serving ...
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the federal government to override the state of California's water-management practices to bolster firefighting efforts. The executive ...
1905 - Owens valley water plan okayed by Los Angeles Water Commission; 1905 - $40 million statewide irrigation plan fails to due to lack of financing support; 1905 - Salton Sea created by irrigation diversion of Colorado River; 1907 - City of San Francisco votes to construct a water and power supply known as Hetch Hetchy that is located ...
Cadiz, Inc., a Los Angeles–based land and water-resource-management company, owns more than 35,000 acres (140 km 2) around Cadiz. [5] It has plans to sell water from the aquifer. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Under the first Trump administration 's change of policy, the project would not have to undergo federal review. [ 9 ]
Los Banos Detention Dam † Los Banos Reservoir 1965 34,600 42,700 Los Banos Creek: Flood control O'Neill Dam† O'Neill Forebay: 1967 56,400 69,600 San Luis Creek/ California Aqueduct: Reregulation Oroville Dam: Lake Oroville: 1968 3,537,577 4,363,537 Feather River: Storage Power Flood control Perris Dam: Lake Perris: 1973 131,400 162,100
Mayor Karen Bass, right, and Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley address the media at a Jan. 11 wildfire press briefing. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)