Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, ...

The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to ...

Fire Ellen” read the stickers that were affixed to the window of the clothing store Ellen Sorensen co-owned, to downtown ...

saying “there’s no water coming out of the fire hydrants” due to what he claimed was an inadequately filled reservoir and overall “absolute mismanagement” of the city’s firefighting ...

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as ...

But when he pried it open, no water came out. The hydrant was empty. The Cal Fire volunteer and photographer said he encountered at least four dry hydrants as he tried to aid those battling the ...

Some fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades ran dry overnight Tuesday due to "extreme demand" and low water pressure, Los Angeles officials said. The Palisades Fire, which was first reported at 10:30 ...

Low reservoirs and fire hydrants without water in burning neighborhoods in Altadena, Pacific Palisades and elsewhere have been a much talked about flashpoint, drawing criticism from failed mayoral ...

As wildfires raged across Los Angeles on Tuesday, crews battling the Palisades blaze faced an additional burden: Scores of fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades had little to no water flowing out.

Support LAist by giving now. It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. The fast-moving fire tested the L.A. Department of ...

When the wildfires came, most homeowners were at the mercy of the public water supply and access to that water. Some ...