The start of the Palisades and Eaton fires: The 24 hours that changed Los Angeles County
As the sun rose on Jan. 8, the sky orange from ash and smoke, Angelenos anxiously waited for news about the extent of the damage…
After fires, Trump urges overhaul of California water policy
During a visit to Los Angeles burn areas Friday, President Trump sought to convince California officials that the state’s system of water management needs a…
Officials were warned of failing water system before Palisades fire
Los Angeles County officials missed dozens of opportunities for water infrastructure improvements that experts say probably would have enabled firefighters to save more homes during…
‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war | Water
New Delhi, India – Gegong Jijong lined up with hundreds of other protesters on a cold afternoon last month near the Siang River in India’s…
Trump wants to alter California water policy. Experts say that would hurt state
In one of the first acts of his second term, President Trump is seeking to put his stamp on California water policy by directing the…
This reservoir was built to save Pacific Palisades. It was empty when the flames came
After flames leveled nearly 500 homes in Bel-Air and Brentwood in 1961, Los Angeles had a reckoning over firefighting.By 1964, city leaders had added 13…
Incarcerated firefighters offer aid battling L.A. blazes, find career
Editor’s note: Essential California will be off tomorrow for MLK day. We’ll be back in your inboxes Tuesday morning. Good morning, and welcome to the…
Should L.A. City Council still inform the public by bulletin board?
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Tony Barboza, with assistance from David Zahniser, Dakota Smith and…
Home that survived LA blaze is split in HALF by mudslide triggered by firefight as water and debris barrel down hill
A HILLSIDE home that miraculously survived the destructive Los Angeles flames has split in half from a mudslide triggered by the water runoff from the…
Inside the DWP’s battle to keep water flowing as fire exploded
As wildfire tore through the canyons of Pacific Palisades, firefighters waged a desperate battle to save homes and lives.Seventeen miles east in downtown L.A., dozens…
Incredible five-seater electric ‘flying water taxi’ shuttles people between lakes in France on two foils with no noise
AN incredible ‘flying water taxi’ that’s used to shuttle up to five people between lakes in France claims to make zero waves, noise or emissions.The…
Why fire hydrants and water supply failed during Los Angeles wildfires | Water News
California’s Los Angeles continues to grapple with the wildfires that broke out on January 7. The wildfires, which have killed 24 people, are presenting a…
Fact check: LA fires drive falsehoods, including by Trump about water use | Climate Crisis News
President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Governor Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies…
Sobering advice from two experts on how to prevent similiar fires
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know to start…
Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone, but there’s a familiar logic to the calamitous geography in this high-maintenance beauty of a state.Wildfires are supposed to be…
As L.A. fires raged, water drop videos became sweet revenge
Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop!The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot…
Former child actor Rory Sykes killed in LA wildfires after ‘water ran out’ & helpless mum watched house burn to ground – The Sun
A FORMER Aussie child actor has tragically been killed in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Brit-born Rory Callum Sykes, 32, was reportedly left trapped inside…
Newsom invites Trump to California to see L.A. fire damage
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the…
Trump’s claims about Los Angeles fire hydrants don’t hold water
SACRAMENTO — OK, I admit it. I’m biased. I hate it when an opportunistic politician capitalizes on other people’s miseries and tries to score political points.I’m…
How can California capture more water? Competing interests will have to compromise
Reporting from Sacramento — Storm water has been rampaging down the Sacramento River, carrying ripped out docks, uprooted trees and homeowners’ backyards, hellbent for the Golden…