The closure order will be in effect until further notice. Los Angeles Public Works Department chief Mark Pestrella warned on January 17 that the destruction wrought by the fires would pose a ...

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...

As per the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, the issue stems from an overwhelming demand on the city's water system, which has not been designed to handle such heavy use for firefighting.

Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los ...

Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent.

New results from a national exam find that America's children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of ...

director of Los Angeles County Public Works. “We need answers to how that happened.” The letter requests LADWP and Los Angeles County officials to “swiftly” conduct a report detailing any ...

Local public works officials said that a lack of water pressure due ... In a Jan. 8 press conference, Janisse Quiñones, chief executive and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and ...

The Trump administration launches a nationwide immigration crackdown with brutal outcomes and hidden, lasting consequences.

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2025 / EVCS, one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging network operators on the West ...

The lawsuit faults the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for ... Mark Pestrella, director of Los Angeles County Public Works, said the hydrant system alone was “not designed to fight ...

“We need answers to how that happened,” he wrote in a letter to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and L.A. County Public Works. The 117 million-gallon Santa Ynez reservoir had been ...