The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has denied allegations in a lawsuit that a worker altered a computer log to ...

The suit, which blames LADWP for damages caused by the devastating fire, amends a complaint filed in March and contains new ...

The lawsuit accuses LADWP of failing to comply with its own policy, then changing the policy and altering a log to erase a ...

PACIFIC PALISADES - An amended complaint in the Palisades Fire Litigation was filed Wednesday, July 9, in Los Angeles County ...

Plaintiffs argue the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power could have been better prepared to ...

A water main break caused closures in a San Fernando Valley residential area on Saturday evening, authorities said. The ...

An amended complaint filed on behalf of 3,300 fire victims includes new allegations the city could have been better prepared to defend homes ...

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LADWP and local officials have faced mounting scrutiny even since it emerged that the major reservoir had been shuttered for repairs by the time fire crews started battling the deadly Palisades Fire.

The LADWP, the largest U.S. municipal utility, should have maintained water in a nearby reservoir, which was dry at the time the flames erupted, the complaint said. The Santa Ynez Reservoir, which ...

LADWP built the Pacific Palisades water system beyond the requirements to support the community’s typical needs,” the statement continued.

The quasi-independent agency cites a 1911 court ruling in California that says that, absent a contract, utilities aren’t liable for not providing water to fight fires.