Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” ...

High voltage power lines? Arson? Embers from a minor blaze that smoldered and reignited days later? All of the above?

Congressman Kevin Kiley has introduced a bill to Congress that would strip the California Coastal Commission of much of its powers, citing its recent blocking of a Los Angeles Department of Water and ...

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said residents eager to return to evacuated areas must remain ...

Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low ...

Any residents remaining in the Pacific Palisades area were notified on Wednesday to boil their water for the next two days due to quality issues stemming from the massive Palisades Fire that ...

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 ...

Newsweek contacted Roger Behle, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, and LADWP for comment via email outside regular business hours. An aerial view of houses burned during the Palisades fire near the ...

"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 ...