Victims of the Pacific Palisades wildfire have filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), alleging that water supply failures worsened the fire’s devastation. The plaintiffs,

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

Edison officials say there were no interruptions or other electrical anomalies in their system until an hour after the blaze broke out.

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

As multiple wildfires devour tens of thousands of acres across Los Angeles in what is expected to be the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history, the area's electric utilities have come under increasing scrutiny.

Officials reported that the water pressure to fire hydrants has diminished in Los Angeles, as several wildfires consume thousands of acres in Southern California.

PASADENA, Calif ... “It sounded like Iraq.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an investigation into LADWP's water supply failures, while the utility says its water system was pushed ...

That lawsuit included eyewitness accounts of a fire at the base of an SCE transmission tower, as well as data from electrical monitoring company Whisker Labs, saying the data showed potentially dangerous electrical grid disruptions in the area prior to the start of the blaze.

One expert says solutions will require “political will, significant financing, likely decades of time and stronger, and perhaps unpopular, regulations.”

Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance ... Sylmar and Encino. "LADWP crews will begin to restore power to these customers once we receive clearance from ...

Firefighters from Mexico and Canada have also been deployed to California. Jan 13, 2025, 5:56 PM GMT LADWP restores power ... next weekend in Santa Monica and Pasadena. They're designed to help ...

Pasadena will resume parking enforcement in the city’s business districts starting Tuesday, city officials said.