In late January 2024, after a series of rainstorms, a DWP property manager spotted a tear in the reservoir’s floating cover, ...

Amongst the chaos and devastating losses that marked the beginning of 2025, one pressing question lingers for the residents of Los Angeles: Why was the Santa Ynez Reservoir empty during California’s ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to hire an independent engineer to assess whether an empty reservoir contributed to the failure of its water system during the Palisades Fire, when ...

Over a dozen victims of the Pacific Palisades Fire are suing a Los Angeles public utility company for "failures," which contributed to the fire's devastation.

One reservoir operated by the Los Angeles Department ... and that has cost implications that will need to be discussed.” Even if Santa Ynez had been online, officials said water was being ...

Among these was the Santa Ynez Reservoir, just above the Pacific Palisades. The Santa Ynez Reservoir in California services the Pacific Palisades and Brentwood areas, as seen from above.

The lawsuit references the Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Palisades — which the filing says has “been out of commission since February 2024” awaiting repairs — and claims the LADWP decided to ...

The Hills' stars Spencer Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, are among the wildfire victims suing Los Angeles for mismanagement of the region's water supply.

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 ...

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 ...