Possible links between utility companies and LA wildfires under investigation
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has now taken the investigative lead in the Palisades Fire, where ...
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California Gov. Newsom orders independent investigation after hydrants run dry: ‘We need answers’
Gavin Newsom demanded an independent investigation into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP ... burned from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. on January 10, 2025.
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Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
LA fire crews make progress but dangers remain; EPA hazmat teams to start cleaning debris
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said residents eager to return to evacuated areas must remain ...
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Endangered Plant May Have Made California Wildfires Worse
Right: Utility pole in Altadena ... Associated Press In 2020, the California Coastal Commission fined the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) $1.9 million over their utility pole ...
Factbox-Utilities Face Increasing Scrutiny in LA Wildfires
That lawsuit included eyewitness accounts of a fire at the base of an SCE transmission tower, as well as data from electrical ...
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New round of evacuation orders lifted as LA mayor names chief recovery officer
continue burning in Southern California. The Palisades Fire, burning in the Pacific Palisades, and the Eaton Fire, burning in Altadena, have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed more than ...
Lawsuits blame SCE, LADWP for Eaton and Palisades fires
The wind-driven wildfires that devoured thousands of homes in Los Angeles County, turning whole neighborhoods into moonscapes, have yet to be extinguished, but the legal battles are already beginning.