Plaintiffs said the city was "unprepared" for the historic wildfires. A group of Pacific Palisades residents and businesses impacted by the Palisades Fire filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against ...

In the complaint, fire victims are blaming the Los Angeles Department of Water for running out of water during the blaze and say some energized power lines fell hours after the fire sparked ...

After flames leveled nearly 500 homes in Bel-Air and Brentwood in 1961, Los Angeles ... a pumping station “to increase fire protection,” as the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s then ...

The Eaton Fire has decimated over 22 square ... experience power shutoffs this week as Los Angeles remains under a critical red flag warning, the city’s water and power department said.

According to court documents obtained by Page Six Thursday, the “Hills: New Beginnings” stars sued the city of LA and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for the destruction of their ...

The water supply problem was made worse by power outages, he added. Erik Scott, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, acknowledged the water supply issue. "We did experience some ...

Lawsuit accuses LADWP of mismanaging water supplies during Palisades Fire Santa Ynez Reservoir empty since February 2024, lawsuit claims cost-cutting delays Governor Newsom calls for investigation ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power hasn’t developed a plan to proactively shut off parts of its system during windstorms to reduce the risk of sparks from its power lines, regulatory ...

it was municipalised and renamed the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). Initially, city planners were ...