Nearly a year after the devastating fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, residents and experts say the water problems ...

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 they ...

L.A. County firefighter Scott Takeguma works to douse the flames on the remnants of a home in Altadena on Wednesday. More photos. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As crews have fought the ...

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Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than the exception.’ ...