To accommodate growth in Pacific Palisades, they built a reservoir in Santa Ynez Canyon, as well as a pumping station "to increase fire protection," as the L.A. Department of Water and Power's ...

Twenty-five more Pacific Palisades residents who were affected by January’s deadly brush fire have joined a lawsuit against ...

Donald Trump's executive order on California water appears to have overridden qualms from officials who warned against ...

The swift hiring of the law firm contrasts sharply with DWP’s pace in finding a contractor to repair the Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water storage complex in the Palisades that ...

Much of the water in the Palisades is provided by three 1 million ... "But even, by all accounts, if that reservoir was full, it wouldn't have stopped the fire." Typically, fires are also fought ...

Some are questioning why the Santa Ynez reservoir, located in the Palisades Highlands, was offline during the firefight. The reservoir has a capacity of holding 117 million gallons of water.

It also says the Santa Ynez Reservoir, which is located atop Pacific Palisades, had been empty since February of last year, leading to more difficulty in accessing water during the firefight.