A new report from UCLA’s Luskin Center charts the toll of the January wildfires on the L.A. area’s array of water districts.

Helicopters are essential for firefighting. They can drop 1,000 gallons of water at once — some much more. That’s far more than hoses can get on a fire all at once, and can be the best way to attack ...

May 9, 2025 (courtesy Portland Fire and Rescue). “The Cold Cut Cobra has a self-contained water tank with a motor used to power a high-pressure water pump, with the additional ability to mix in ...

Fire codes and regulators determine the capacity ... according to remarks presented at Board of Water and Power Commission meeting, Jan. 28 Hanson said the line would shut off and not re-energize ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- On January 7 and 8, our ABC7 teams in the field covering the Palisades Fire interviewed desperate homeowners who reported that they, along with ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is dusting off a 114-year-old ... enough water to fight the monstrous Pacific Palisades fire because it didn’t have a contract to do so.