A man suspected of having a firearm near a Los Angeles Water and Power building was taken into custody Tuesday evening. Officers responded to the location around 7 p.m. Tuesday to reports of an ...

Separately, more than a dozen victims of the Pacific Palisades wildfire — the most destructive blaze in LA history — are suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), alleging ...

The LADWP, the largest U.S. municipal utility, should have maintained water in a nearby reservoir, which was dry at the time the flames erupted, the complaint said. The Santa Ynez Reservoir ...

The CCC blocked the project to protect a few thousand local examples of the shrub, saying LADWP did not receive proper permitting; the area has since burned to the ground in the ongoing Palisades ...

"LADWP made the conscious decision not to timely repair the Santa Ynez Reservoir cover, leaving the reservoir drained and unusable, all as a 'cost-saving' measure." The lawsuit also said some fire ...

Lawsuit accuses LADWP of mismanaging water supplies during Palisades Fire Santa Ynez Reservoir empty since February 2024, lawsuit claims cost-cutting delays Governor Newsom calls for investigation ...

The usage has also lowered the system’s water pressure, prompting Quiñones to ask all LADWP customers to help. “If there’s a message to take away from me today it is I need our customers to ...

In a statement issued before the lawsuit was filed, LADWP said it "was required to take the Santa Ynez Reservoir out of service to meet safe drinking water regulations. To commission the support ...

A group of residents impacted by the Palisades Fire is suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleging the city and its agency were unprepared. "The Palisades Fire has been a ...

The notice has been issued for Pacific Palisades and adjacent communities north of San Vicente Boulevard for the next 48 hours, the LADWP said. "This applies to water that is used for brushing ...