Officials said the system was strained due to heavy stress on a municipal water system not designed for fighting such massive blazes.

Indeed, as wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas such as Boulder, Colorado and Lahaina ... but also led to water contamination. LADWP is sending in mobile water tankers to help ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads ...

Victims of Colorado's 2021 Marshall Fire ... "As some parts of the City begin transition to long-term disaster recovery, LADWP and our mutual assistance partners from PG&E remain in active ...

The CCC blocked the project to protect a few thousand local examples of the shrub, saying LADWP did not receive proper permitting; the area has since burned to the ground in the ongoing Palisades ...

“This is why I'm introducing a bill to rein in the CA Coastal Commission,” said Kiley on X in response to a report on how the CCC blocked the LADWP upgrade and collected $2 million in fines ...

Pratt, Montag and the other plaintiffs accuse LADWP of making "the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a ‘cost-saving’ measure." ...

A group of residents impacted by the Palisades Fire is suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleging the city and its agency were unprepared. "The Palisades Fire has been a ...

City should create an office of community wealth building, broaden business incentives, Andrea Steffes-Tuttle writes. Boulder ...