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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th European
Symposium on Algorithms, ESA '96, held in Barcelona, Spain, in
September 1996.
The book presents 40 revised full papers selected from 124
submissions; also are included extended abstracts of two invited
presentations. The papers included cover all research areas on
algorithms and their analysis as it is carried out in the fields of
computer science, discrete applied and algorithmic mathematics,
operations research, and all other areas of algorithms-oriented
research, design and analysis.
James Fink is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times-Tribune, he has
been sent on assignment to cover William Mulholland on his journey
into the Owens Valley. A number of bombings have plagued the area
causing significant damage to the aqueduct, and threatening the
water supply to Los Angeles. The reporter soon finds himself at
odds with the Water Department; their methods in acquiring water
rights have forced the citizens of the valley to petition the
governor. A plan had to be devised to protect the locals and keep
order as hundreds of 'City Agents' scoured the valley, looking for
collaborators, bombers and dynomite. After a series of unfortunate
mishaps, Fink turns to a Shoshoni elder to try forging out a story
of the early days, before the water war. Nikani provides a vivid
portrayal of the past: ..".before all the trouble started, there
was enough water for all the farms, there was no need to fight..."
When Fink realizes the conflict has spilled over and into an
already harsh existence of the Owens Valley Indians, he joins their
struggle against prejudice, poverty and agency control. In the end,
the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam in 1928 created an
infamous legacy reaped by the Los Angeles Water Department and its
water acquisition out of the Owens Valley.
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