Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has also promised ... Former and current DWP officials acknowledge that if the reservoir had held water, higher-elevation areas of the Palisades would have had more ...

A 117-million gallon reservoir in one of the Los Angeles communities ravaged by wildfires was out of commission when the fire started in the area on Tuesday. The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the ...

Records show the city had tried and failed to prepare an alternative reservoir. By Mike Baker Seven months before fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s ...

As the Pacific Palisades burned during an unprecedented firestorm on Jan. 7, 2025, and the following days, concerns immediately turned to a lack of water in hydrants and a reservoir capable of ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Los Angeles' water chief reportedly knew about an empty reservoir and broken fire hydrants months before the deadly wildfires now spreading across the city that have left ...

A major reservoir in the area being ravaged by the worst wildfire in Los Angeles history had been drained and closed for repairs when the deadly blaze broke out this week, a report said Friday.

Records show it was recently set to undergo maintenance to the reservoir’s cover. Ellen Cheng, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said in a statement on Friday that ...

A man suspected of started a brush fire near the Chatsworth Reservoir is facing felony ... and loss of life caused by these senseless acts," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman ...

Seven months before fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s water managers were formulating a plan to revive an old reservoir to temporarily boost the ...