When fire hydrants ran dry during the Pacific Palisades fire, it sparked a wave of anger and even misinformation. Here’s how L.A.’s water system works and what we know about why the hydrants ran out.

Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low ...

Martin Adams, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, blows up some right-wing myths about the water supply in Pacific Palisades, and talks with Alex Wagner about the ...

It's part of a bigger debate over water supplies during massive wildfires like those in the Los Angeles area, including the use of fire hydrants. Following the wildfires in Southern California, many ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California ordered an inquiry into a loss of water pressure after it was revealed that a reservoir was ...

Fire hydrants are color-coded, depending on how much water they can produce. Red is 500 gallons per minute or less.

Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also unprepared for the age of urban wildfires.

Saturday still looks like the best opportunity firefighters will get to contain the Palisades and Eaton fires. And next ...

President Biden on Thursday said that empty fire hydrants in the Los Angeles area were the result of an intentional power ...

As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can ...

Q: Dogs and fire department staff may now have more difficulty finding fire hydrants in the snow this winter with them ...

The most common surface fitting is one with the letter ‘H’, which may be yellow. “The hydrant cover should be clearly marked, ...