LADWP officials did not comment on the issue. The legal wrangling comes as numerous victims of the fire that destroyed more than 7,000 structures and claimed 12 lives file lawsuits blaming the ...

Alexander Robertson, one of the attorneys suing LADWP, said the argument doesn’t make sense, especially since the utility’s own manual states the reservoir for the Pacific Palisades area was built ...

A group of Palisades fire victims allege that an energized LADWP electrical tower started a second ignition when it was knocked down at 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, approximately 12 hours after the fire ...

It says the LADWP told the Washington Post days after the fire began Jan. 7 that the line was not energized at the time of the blaze and had not been for the past five years. However, the agency ...