California wildfires: How and why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles? Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies and empty reservoirs for lack of water ...

Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.

Some fire hydrants in Los Angeles had no water to douse the fires. Here's what happened, and why the endangered smelt fish wrongly got blamed.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded an independent investigation into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) after firefighters faced a nightmare situation: fire hydrants that had ...

According to city records and officials, the LAFD discovered the damage to the hydrants during inspections in the months prior to the Jan. 7 Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes.

BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has ...

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as ...

An amended complaint filed on behalf of 3,300 fire victims includes new allegations the city could have been better prepared to defend homes ...

The suit, which blames LADWP for damages caused by the devastating fire, amends a complaint filed in March and contains new ...

California wildfires: How and why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles? - Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies and empty reservoirs for lack of water ...

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as ...