L.A. City Council members have called on the Department of Water and Power to examine why fire hydrants lost water pressure ...

As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas, public water systems are often unable to meet the firefighting demand ...

Laguna Beach County Water District General Manager Keith Van Der Maaten said the city should have an "ample supply" of water ...

The Palisades Fire, which has destroyed an estimated 1,000 structures, was first reported at around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7 in the 1100 block of North Piedra Morada Drive.

Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the past, and it seems L.A. will need to go back to the drawing board if these ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California ordered an inquiry into a loss of water pressure after it was revealed that a reservoir was offline when the fires started.

Three large water tanks in the Pacific Palisades area ran out by early Wednesday morning, officials said, reducing water ...

As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least ...

Human-caused climate change is making it worse, experts say. Trump seized on the moment to blame Newsom for the dry fire hydrants. In a post on his Truth Social media network Wednesday, he renewed ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded an independent investigation into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power after ...

The hydrant was empty. The Cal Fire volunteer and photographer said he encountered at least four dry hydrants as he tried to aid those battling the Eaton Fire in Altadena on Wednesday ...