City Utilities manages nearly 9,000 hydrants in its system. Officials say finding out when one is damaged is crucial to ...

As Los Angeles battles multiple fast-moving wildfires, emergency officials have faced a nightmare situation: fire hydrants running out of water. “How do you fight a fire with no water?” Ryan Babroff, ...

Remnants of a home that burned in the 2025 Palisades fire along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. As the flames of the Palisades fire licked at his home, Ricardo Kawamura stood in his front yard ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An RV went up in flames at Lamar Avenue and Tuggle Road Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, FOX13 learned the response to that fire may have been delayed because when firefighters tapped ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden repeated what power utilities say is a false explanation of dry fire hydrants while defending California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — after Newsom ...

As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least 25 fatalities — one critical setback for firefighters was a loss of ...

The dry hydrants prompted a swirl of criticism on social media, including from President-elect Donald Trump, against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water management policies. The ...

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an independent investigation into the causes behind water supply problems that left dry fire hydrants and hampered firefighting efforts during the ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: This morning we’ll take a look at the problems surrounding fire hydrants, which ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the now nearly 16,000-acre Palisades Fire Tuesday, officials say the massive demand for water led to crews dealing with dozens of “dry” hydrants that had ...

As the flames of the Palisades fire licked at his home, Ricardo Kawamura stood in his front yard watching smoke pour out of a second-story window. He saw a fire engine parked next to a hydrant on his ...