Lemestre’s hard hat and other gear were placed on a power pole at a LADWP job site in Los Angeles by his former crewmates to honor the fallen lineman. The fallen lineman’s clipboard and a ...

“Linemen are thinkers and doers. We can always figure out how to get the job done in a safe and efficient manner.” In the transmission department, LADWP performs both short-haul and long-line ...

The proposed increase to starting pay for linemen — whom Szabo called “some of our most highly trained workers” — responds to a high rate of people leaving DWP for such companies as ...

On that day, Lemestre’s hard hat and other gear were placed on a power pole at a LADWP job site in Los Angeles by his former crewmates to honor the fallen lineman. Lemestre is survived by his ...

It has been two months since we exposed DWP linemen drinking and driving in their trucks. Now we caught a lineman again, this time an employee for a company called Asplundh. On their helmets the ...

Following the changes in fall protection and tower climbing, LADWP began exploring the short haul, or external rope, method to transport linemen from the ground to a transmission line or tower. In the ...

"We are praying for our brave co-worker to pull through this and make a full recovery," said LADWP General Manager Marcie Edwards. "Our linemen and other power and water crew members face ...