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Owens Valley, CA - October 08: Old grain silos stand in the Owens Valley on land that was once used to farm on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 in Bishop, CA. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times)

The little-known groundwater Los Angeles pumps in the Owens Valley, and the tribes who want it back

In the Owens Valley, Los Angeles siphons water from Sierra streams and also pumps groundwater from wells. Native tribes are calling for the city to take less water.

FILE - Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

Oregon and conservationists ask court to OK dam operation changes to help salmon

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 13: University of California, Berkeley Professor Omar Yaghi toasts during a celebration at UC Berkeley on October 13, 2025 in Berkeley, California. Omar Yaghi was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Japan. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Nobel chemistry award boosts Irvine startup’s air-to-water technology for drought zones

MALIBU, CA - OCTOBER 08: Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources Secretary records a video during an aerial tour of areas in the Santa Monica Mountains that are part of a wildfire risk reduction project on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Man, machine and mutton: Inside the plan to prevent the next SoCal fire disaster

SANTA CLARA CA JULY 30, 2024 -- NTT, Vantage Data Center, and downtown Santa Clara on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Santa Clara, Calif. Dozens of data centers being built for artificial intelligence are eating up Calfifornia's electricity. There are 50 data centers in the city of Santa Clara. The massive buildings now use up 60% of the power from the municipal utility called Silicon Valley Power. (Paul Kuroda / For The Times)

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

As atmospheric river storm eases, evacuation warnings lifted in L.A.-area burn scars

Mexico’s heavy rains leave 64 dead and 65 missing across five states

Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

After Palisades fire hydrants went dry, LAFD faced costly delays in getting more water

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