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The Los Angeles City Council member representing the Westside, including much of the area decimated by the Palisades fire, called on the city's water utility Tuesday to explain why firefighters ran ...

Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry in recent days as demand soared for water to quell fast-moving wildfires. Local officials say that was driven by an incredible demand on a municipal water system ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of fire hydrants are spread out across Salt Lake City and other Utah communities, but how do we know they’re working properly before an actual emergency? Salt Lake City ...

Los Angeles leaders ordered an analysis of the city's water infrastructure on Tuesday, a week after the Palisades Fire destroyed thousands of buildings in the coastal community. It comes days after ...

Lake Charles drivers may come across water on roadways and temporary road delays starting Monday while fire hydrants are tested. A contractor working with the City of Lake Charles will conduct water ...

As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: Where was the water? “I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful ...