Dust rising from the dry bottom of Owens Lake is a longstanding problem. Now, scientists have found that lands surrounding ...

A wildfire in eastern California’s remote Owens Valley was 30% contained early Friday after firefighters stopped its forward progress and evacuation orders were lifted, authorities said.

Some of California’s biggest lakes are making ... Los Angeles took much of Owens Valley’s water more than a century ago. In the early 1900s, representatives of Los Angeles quietly bought ...

Like others in California’s massive agriculture industry, Owens Valley ranchers are subject to complex water rights and largely dependent on snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada that looms nearby.

The map highlights the area of Owens Valley, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, in eastern California, north of Los Angeles. It also locates Owens Lake in the Valley, as well as the town of ...