On the afternoon of May 22, a wildfire sparked next to Highway 395 near the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, causing major damage to the reserve’s infrastructure. The ...

To the editor: Mono Lake was supposedly “saved” way back in 1994 with the landmark California Supreme Court decision. But 31 years later, the water level in the lake is still not high enough to ensure ...

Welcome to Mono Lake, a scenic body of water in the middle of nowhere Central California! This lake isn’t just another body ...

State officials and nonprofit groups have sounded the alarm on the City of Los Angeles' failed promises to restore water levels at California's Mono Lake, citing massive harms being done to the local ...

Los Angeles diverts water from creeks that feed Mono Lake. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The picturesque tufa towers on the shores of Mono Lake, formed over centuries by underwater springs and ...

California’s effort to secure water supplies is a struggle older than the state itself. It played out during the Gold Rush, and it defines modern San Francisco and Los Angeles. It has created ...

For many, California's Sierra Nevada range is heaven incarnate— a gorgeous wall of rock and lofty, jagged peaks thrusting straight up from the earth. While most famous for majestic sites such as the ...

As we drove north along Highway 395 — passing the salty remains of Owens Lake, the Museum of Western Film History, the geothermal plant outside Mammoth Lakes that supplies 24/7 clean energy to San ...