NBC Los Angeles16d
Outside investigations to examine LADWP's empty reservoir during Palisades Fire
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to hire an independent engineer to assess whether an empty reservoir contributed to the failure of its water system during the Palisades Fire ...
Fox News20d
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag sue the city of Los Angeles, LADWP after Palisades Fire
The Santa Ynez Reservoir is close to the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles. Pratt, Montag and the other plaintiffs accuse LADWP of making "the conscious decision to operate the water ...
NBC News20d
Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore21d
Fast-growing wildfire breaks out north of Los Angeles, forces evacuations
CASTAIC, California: A rapidly growing wildfire broke out some 80 km north of Los Angeles on Wednesday (Jan 22), burning 20 sq km, while two major fires burning in the metropolitan area for more ...
Los Angeles Times23d
Tourists love Los Angeles. Could the fires change that?
Travelers flying into Los Angeles last weekend were greeted by an apocalyptic sight: billowing clouds of smoke and the red-orange glow of flames against the glittering expanse of city lights.
The New York Times25d
The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger
Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning with disaster. By Somini Sengupta Often when you’re visiting Los ...
New York Post26d
Los Angeles water chief Janisse Quinones given police security detail amid ‘threats’ against her, employees
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s CEO Janisse Quinones now has a 24/7 LAPD detail in response to the threats, the sources said. One LAPD source cited the recent shooting in New York of ...
Fox News26d
Los Angeles water chief given police security detail amid 'threats' against her, employees
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's CEO Janisse Quinones now has a 24/7 LAPD detail in response to the threats, the sources said. One LAPD source cited the recent shooting in New York of ...
The Bond Buyer26d
Fitch places Los Angeles and its city utility on rating watch negative
Fitch Ratings placed four credits — led by the city of Los Angeles the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power — on rating watch negative, citing the region's wildfires. Fitch also placed ...
Washington Examiner27d
CA blocked LADWP fire-hardening project to protect now-burned plant: Congressman
citing its recent blocking of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power request to upgrade wooden power poles to protect a now-burned plant. “This is why I’m introducing a bill to rein in ...
The New York Times27d
How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling
Los Angeles grew as developers pushed further into feral spaces to plant suburbia.Credit... Supported by By Mark Arax Photographs by Ricardo Nagaoka Mr. Arax has been writing about California’s ...