Except for a reservoir with a damaged cover that had to be drained, Los Angeles had kept its reservoirs filled before the ...

Fierce Santa Ana winds have hit Southern California, which hasn’t seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May. That has led to an outbreak of devastating wildfires, one of which, a fire ...

Homes and fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades both pull their water from the area’s storage tanks, which get their water from several sources, including reservoirs. Even if the city has plenty of .

Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also unprepared for the age of urban wildfires.

An important reservoir that helps supply water in Pacific Palisades was offline at the time the fires began, officials said Friday, and that shutdown may have contributed to firefighters losing ...