Fires Prompt Water Advisories for Some in the L.A. Area
The devastating wildfires have raised concerns about the safety of the water supply in some places. Here’s a list of the ...
Column: Trump shoots his mouth off as L.A. burns. His claims about fire hydrants don’t hold water
As fire hydrants went dry while crews battled flames in Pacific Palisades, Donald Trump pointed the finger at California Gov.
Power equipment draws scrutiny in Los Angeles fires
Hundreds of homes in the Altadena area still had power when a fire erupted there, according to a grid-monitoring company and ...
Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles
Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also ...
‘Completely Dry’: How Los Angeles Firefighters Ran Out of Water
As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can ...
Los Angeles wildfires leave hundreds of thousands without power
An outage map provided by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) showed just how widespread the outages ...
LA water and power officials are highest-paid city employees
Eight of the top 10 highest-paid city employees work for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a report found, as ...
Here's what really caused L.A. fire hydrants to run out of water
As unprecedented wildfires raged through Los Angeles, some firefighters suddenly lost access to water. City officials called ...
Los Angeles Utility Didn’t Implement Common Wildfire Safety Measures
One of the utilities delivering electricity to fire-ravaged areas hasn’t developed a plan to proactively shut off parts of ...
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Fire hydrants run dry as unprecedented California wildfires ravage Los Angeles: 'We pushed the system to the extreme'
Though wildfires have always happened, warming global temperatures are making them more frequent and severe. For instance, ...
The Conditions That Led to the ‘Unprecedented’ Los Angeles County Fires
The biggest threat to Los Angeles remains the strong winds, which reduced in speed early Thursday morning, allowing ...
What's Making L.A. Fires So Bad, Did the City Run Out of Water and Was the Fire Department's Budget Cut? What We Know
In just a handful of days, the blazes rapidly grew to some 29,000 acres or 45 square miles, roughly twice the size of ...