Firefighters in the Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing ...
Though wildfires have always happened, warming global temperatures are making them more frequent and severe. For instance, ...
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) officials raked in enormous taxpayer-funded paychecks before its fire ...
As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas, public water systems are often unable to meet the firefighting demand ...
Three large water tanks in the Pacific Palisades area ran out by early Wednesday morning, officials said, reducing water ...
Why did dozens of fire hydrants go dry as firefighters rushed to combat flames from spreading in the Los Angeles area?
President Joe Biden repeatedly told speakers to “fire away!” during a White House briefing on the still raging Los Angeles ...
The city blamed the exceptionally dry conditions for causing hundreds of ... Shortly after, the FDNY announced the city’s first brush fire task force. Outdoor grilling and fireworks in city ...
Since foam and dry chemical agents would have caused an adverse reaction with the materials involved and therefore could not be used, crews established a water supply using two fire hydrants and ...