The quasi-independent agency cites a 1911 court ruling in California that says that, absent a contract, utilities aren’t ...

A new lawsuit accuses the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power of deliberately covering up the role that downed power lines played in fueling the devastation wrought by the Palisades fire.

The suit, filed Monday by attorney Alexander Robertson, alleges the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tried for months to cover up the harm caused by the fallen line. It says the LADWP ...