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

In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...

Following concerns that firefighters lacked resources and dealt with low water pressure to combat the devastating Palisades Fire in the initial stages of the crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an ...

Business manager at DWP union said ‘It’s unacceptable that the reservoir was empty for almost a year for a minor repair.” ...

Kristin Crowley, in multiple interviews, drew a connection between budget cuts to her department and the city’s struggle to ...

California wildfires continue with dry conditions and powerful winds —which are due to last through Friday — fueling at least five fires.

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.

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 ...

The $750,000-a-year LA water czar is responsible for a raft of failures that contributed to the devastating Palisades Fire, ...

A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled ...

The absence of clear guidelines on who is responsible for clearing the hydrants caused confusion across various townships and cities.