Janisse Quiñones, the CEO and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), focused extensively on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and climate initiatives at the department before finding herself in hot water for its response to the ongoing fires that have devastated the Los Angeles area.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has deployed more than 100 employees to Southern California to assist the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Southern California Edison (SCE), and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas ...

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.

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,

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Monday proposed a $45 million shareholder-funded penalty against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for its connections to the destructive ...

Energy experts said the decision by utility companies serving the area not to turn off many power lines during high winds had likely increased the risk of fires.

Janisse Quiñones, the CEO and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), focused extensively on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and climate initiatives at the department before finding herself in hot water for its response to the ongoing fires that have devastated the Los Angeles area.

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.

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.

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 ...

High voltage power lines? Arson? Embers from a minor blaze that smoldered and reignited days later? All of the above?

Amid speculation about the causes of the Los Angeles-area fires, lawsuits have been filed against Southern California Edison, alleging its equipment ignited the Eaton fire. The $21 billion California Wildfire Fund offers limited compensation,