While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...

Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are suing the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power, alleging that the ...

Thousands of pages of records reviewed by The Times show L.A. County officials had for years described water infrastructure ...

In late January 2024, after a series of rainstorms, a DWP property manager spotted a tear in the reservoir’s floating cover, ...

Authorities would eventually urge people to exit their cars and leave on foot, and then used a bulldozer to clear away abandoned vehicles and make way for fire crews. Despite the timing of the order, ...

The fires in Los Angeles are almost out. Residents are starting to trickle back into their burned-out neighborhoods. When they get to their houses, they face a series of almost impossible questions: ...

Reporters, editors, photographers, and data experts working across formats and teams secured four exclusives during the ...

The Palisades Fire began at around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 7, burning on the west side of Los Angeles County, including the Pacific Palisades and Malibu. The deadly Eaton fire, which ...

President Trump toured neighborhoods in Los Angeles ravaged by wildfires over the last two weeks as firefighters continued to ...