The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is spending millions of dollars to lawyer up for a flurry of lawsuits over its handling of the Palisades Fire.
"There goes the Jacuzzi." A Sierra Madre resident saw the debris basin below overflow and said it filled with about 18 feet of debris in 15 minutes.
A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides.
Officials are grappling with the aftermath of the atmospheric river which caused mudslides and floods, especially in areas impacted by wildfires.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District says after the dry start to the year, water levels at their reservoirs went from 70% of normal in mid-January to 82% by mid-February.
Water utilities in Altadena and Pacific Palisades are undertaking an arduous process of repressurizing their underground pipelines, testing for contaminants and attempting to flush them out.
The Board of Water and Power voted to retain the L.A. firm Munger, Tolles & Olson to investigate claims related to the ...