The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has now taken the investigative lead in the Palisades Fire, where over 23,000 acres have now burned, and aerial imagery shows approximately 5,000 structures damaged or destroyed as of Monday.
On the ground, PG&E’s Safety and Infrastructure Protection Teams (SIPT) are working to protect critical electric infrastructure by clearing vegetation and treating utility
LADWP has restored power to all customers affected by last week’s windstorm, except for approximately 17,000 customers in fire-impacted areas, including Pacific Palisades,
As deadly wildfires rage across Southern California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has dispatched resources to assist in firefighting efforts.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers were asked on Wednesday to conserve water and residents remaining in the Pacific Palisades ... Quiñones to ask all LADWP customers to help.
The Mendocino Unit of Cal Fire reported Thursday that it sent resources to Southern California to help support firefighters battling the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.
Firefighters are taking advantage of a lull in hot, dry winds to make progress on multiple devastating, deadly fires raging across Southern California before Santa Ana weather returns next week.
As multiple wildfires devour tens of thousands of acres across Los Angeles in what is expected to be the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history, the area's electric utilities have come under increasing scrutiny.
For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than 12,300 homes and buildings and leaving at least 16 dead. Fresh evacuations were ordered from Mandeville Canyon to the Interstate 405 freeway on Friday evening because of a flare-up of the massive Palisades Fire.
High voltage power lines? Arson? Embers from a minor blaze that smoldered and reignited days later? All of the above?
The problem in Pacific Palisades is that LADWP infrastructure couldn’t ... the markets by refusing a request from San Diego Gas & Electric to recover $379 million in uninsured costs for damages ...
PG&E says that their crews are in Southern California working to provide assistance to CAL FIRE, Southern California Edison, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as first