LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has not been popular in California's remote Owens Valley since it began diverting water from the Owens River a century ago, reducing the area to a dust bowl. Now it's making noise in the valley again by proposing to build a $680-million 200-megawatt solar energy plant within view of the
Controversy Heats Up Over Solar Project Near Historic Internment Camp Site
Manzanar internment camp was designated a National Historic Site in 1992 for its importance civil rights history in the U.S.