For some affluent homeowners, private fire hydrants are in big demand after devastating L.A. wildfires
Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.
L.A. fire updates: Debate over cleanup in fire zone as Edison faces new scrutiny
Local leaders are upset about the potential dangers posed to residents by the EPA's plan to open a site to process Eaton fire ...
Wildfires Are Revealing the Limits of Our Hydrant Systems
While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...
Opinion
Trump doesn’t understand California’s complex water network. But that’s not the point
Trump's justifications for his fire-related executive order provides the illusion that problems are being solved when they are festering.
These L.A. Homeowners Installed Private Fire Hydrants. Here’s How They Fared.
Our reporter caught up with a number of people who had prepared for wildfires with built-in systems. “I’m sleeping with one ...
Lawsuit says critical water source sat dry for months before Palisades Fire
Victims of the Palisades Fire are suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for hampering firefighting efforts.
WAMC9d
'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
On the morning of Jan. 7, a firefighter near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles observed a 10-acre brush fire ...
Hilltop reservoir that could've fed Palisades hydrants was empty; Newsom orders probe
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an investigation into why the 117 million gallon hilltop reservoir above the Pacific ...
Crashes and Disasters
Southern California reservoirs are near full, and hydrant problems are unrelated to the Delta and fish, they note ...