The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its ...

For at least two decades now, the name of the game when it comes to our new climate reality hasn’t just been mitigation; ...

The Santa Ynez Reservoir was out of use and closed for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon water storage ...

When fire hydrants ran dry during the Pacific Palisades fire, it sparked a wave of anger and even misinformation. Here’s how L.A.’s water system works and what we know about why the hydrants ran out.

Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low ...

Martin Adams, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, blows up some right-wing myths about the water supply in Pacific Palisades, and talks with Alex Wagner about the ...

It's part of a bigger debate over water supplies during massive wildfires like those in the Los Angeles area, including the use of fire hydrants. Following the wildfires in Southern California, many ...

Fire hydrants are color-coded, depending on how much water they can produce. Red is 500 gallons per minute or less.

Public figures have questioned L.A.’s ‘dry’ fire hydrants, but experts say the hydrant system wasn’t designed for this ...

President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies enabled the blazes’ ...

Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also ...