This afternoon, north of us here at NPR West, Los Angeles celebrated the centennial of a big moment, maybe the biggest moment in city history. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED SPEECH) CORNISH: One hundred years ...
The pipeline that brings water out of California's Owens Valley to metropolitan Los Angeles turns 100 this month. The water wars it has spawned... How An Aqueduct Turned Los Angeles Into A 'Garden Of ...
2013 marks the centennial anniversary of the Los Angeles Aqueduct’s construction. The water wars that drained the Owens Valley, enabling the existence of one of the world’s great megalopolises to the ...
Listen below as Madeleine Brand and Saul Gonzalez report on the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power engineer Fred Barker knows where your water comes from. Holding a glass ...