The LADWP, the largest U.S. municipal utility, should have maintained water in a nearby reservoir, which was dry at the time the flames erupted, the complaint said. The Santa Ynez Reservoir ...

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." ...

"LADWP made the conscious decision not to timely repair the Santa Ynez Reservoir cover, leaving the reservoir drained and unusable, all as a 'cost-saving' measure." The lawsuit also said some fire ...

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 ...

Separately, more than a dozen victims of the Pacific Palisades wildfire — the most destructive blaze in LA history — are suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), alleging ...

"Disease-causing organisms" may be found in the water and officials need to "re-pressurize the system," which has been pushed to the "extreme" fighting the fires Shyla Watson is a digital news ...

The LADWP reported at 1:11 p.m. Saturday that crews were responding to a power outage in the West Los Angeles area caused by metallic balloons, and that service would be restored as quickly and sa ...

The notice has been issued for Pacific Palisades and adjacent communities north of San Vicente Boulevard for the next 48 hours, the LADWP said. "This applies to water that is used for brushing ...

The afternoon outages were in the Sawtelle and Westwood neighborhoods. The LADWP reported at about 1 p.m. that utility crews were responding to the communities. Power was restored to more than 500 ...

Palisades Fire victims are suing the LADWP over water shortage issues, alleging the city and its agency was unprepared. Why was 117-million-gallon capacity reservoir not used during Palisades ...