The L.A. Department of Water and Power says the Santa Ynez Reservoir, which was empty at the time of the Palisades fire, is now back online after lengthy repairs to its floating cover.

In late January 2024, after a series of rainstorms, a DWP property manager spotted a tear in the reservoir’s floating cover, according to internal emails reviewed by The Times.

The L.A. Department of Water and Power says the Santa Ynez Reservoir, which was empty at the time of the Palisades fire, is now back online after lengthy repairs to its floating cover.

Why did Los Angeles area fire hydrants run dry? The Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water resource near the Pacific Palisades, was under renovation and empty when fires tore through the ...

The 117-million-gallon Santa Ynez Reservoir in the area being ravaged by the worst wildfire in LA history had been drained and closed for repairs when the deadly blaze broke out this week.

An important reservoir that helps supply water in Pacific Palisades was offline at the time the fires began, officials said Friday, and that shutdown may have contributed to firefighters losing ...

The major reservoir that was drained and out-of-commission when the deadly Los Angeles wildfires broke out has repeatedly needed similar repairs in recent years, a new report says. The 117-million ...

Seven months before fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s water managers were formulating a plan to revive an old reservoir to temporarily boost the ...