Wildfires Are Revealing the Limits of Our Hydrant Systems
While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...
Post falsely claims officials paid $300K for rainbow fire hydrant | Fact check
The photo of the rainbow hydrant was AI-generated and originated from a satirical account. There are no credible news reports ...
Opinion: Los Angeles tragedy points to need for support for CT fire services
This issue is not only about the appropriate budget allocations for hiring enough firefighters; it’s also about attracting ...
Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag Sue City of Los Angeles After Losing Home in Palisades Fire
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are suing the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power, alleging that the ...
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'A cautionary tale': Los Angeles hydrant failures raise national preparedness questions
Some hydrants ran dry and failed to operate during the recent raging wildfires that decimated Malibu, Pacific Palisades and ...
Officials were warned of failing water system before Palisades fire. Fixes never happened
Thousands of pages of records reviewed by The Times show L.A. County officials had for years described water infrastructure ...
Early-morning pursuit prompted by burglaries ends in 2 separate crashes
A police chase ended in a violent crash in the heart of Long Beach early Monday morning, and an investigation into a second crash that may be connected is underway.  Video taken by Sky5 shows the ...
Lose home insurance in Pierce County? Some areas are seeing a ‘higher level of scrutiny’
The News Tribune asked experts how insurance companies calculate wildfire risk and what prompts them to drop policyholders.
Editorial: Fires aggravated L.A.’s housing crisis. We need to build homes much faster
This post-disaster period should be an inflection point for government officials to take a hard look at how to speed up ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
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Two fast-moving brush fires erupted Tuesday in Los Angeles as dangerous wind conditions and unseasonably dry, warm weather sweep Southern California. The outbreak stemmed from an event at the ...