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LA Water And Power Officials Rake In Fat Salaries As Fire Hydrants Run Dry
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) officials raked in enormous taxpayer-funded paychecks before its fire ...
LA water and power officials are highest-paid city employees
Eight of the top 10 highest-paid city employees work for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a report found, as ...
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Here's what really caused L.A. fire hydrants to run out of water
Within seven hours of the Palisades Fire igniting on the west side of the city, Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles ...
What's Making L.A. Fires So Bad, Did the City Run Out of Water and Was the Fire Department's Budget Cut? What We Know
In just a handful of days, the blazes rapidly grew to some 29,000 acres or 45 square miles, roughly twice the size of ...
Los Angeles wildfires leave hundreds of thousands without power
An outage map provided by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) showed just how widespread the outages ...
Why did fire hydrants run dry amid Los Angeles fires? It's a familiar problem in disasters
Why did dozens of fire hydrants go dry as firefighters rushed to combat flames from spreading in the Los Angeles area?
No, Los Angeles didn’t refuse to fill water reservoirs prior to fires
Firefighters were experiencing water shortages from hydrants because L.A.'s tanks couldn't be refilled as fast as water was ...
Death toll expected to rise as fires rage through Los Angeles
A fast-moving fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills, threatening one of Los Angeles' most iconic spots as firefighters ...
In Los Angeles, water runs short as wildfires burn out of control
Crews battling multiple wildfires that raged across Los Angeles on Wednesday were up against a near-perfect storm: intense ...
'Pushed the system to the extreme': Los Angeles fires unchecked amid scarce water supply
Meanwhile, Los Angeles officials on Wednesday urged residents to conserve water use as firefighters struggle to tamp down the ...
Nearly 250,000 without power as wildfires rage in Los Angeles: See map
Nearly 250,000 people and businesses remain without power Thursday as wildfires continue to rage across Southern California.
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Unprecedented firestorm destroys thousands of homes in Los Angeles
A temporary lull in the extreme and dry Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up efforts to contain the flames.