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As Los Angeles firefighters faced down the most destructive blaze in the city’s history, they ran out of water. “The hydrants are down,” a firefighter said over the radio, according to the ...
During his 1904 campaign to be elected governor, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward promised to drain the Everglades, and his later projects were more effective than Disston's. Broward's promises sparked a land boom facilitated by blatant errors in an engineer's report, pressure from real estate developers, and the burgeoning tourist industry ...
Across town, on the northern edge of Los Angeles, another fire broke out in Eaton Canyon, near Pasadena, quickly consuming 200 acres later in the night, according to Angeles National Forest officials.
From his home outside Phoenix, fire historian Stephen Pyne sees history unfolding in this week's destruction in Los Angeles. "It may be the fire equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane,” said Pyne ...
It was reported that the reservoir was drained due to concerns of contamination in February 2024 after a tear was found in its cover. [3] According to the LADWP, the delay in repair was due to the lengthy time it takes to find a contractor under the Los Angeles city charter's competitive bidding process. [3]
The City of Los Angeles continued to purchase private land holdings and their water rights to meet the increasing demands. By 1928, Los Angeles owned 90 percent of the water in Owens Valley and agriculture interests in the region were effectively dead. [3]
A major reservoir in the area being ravaged by the worst wildfire in Los Angeles history had been drained and closed for repairs when the deadly blaze broke out this week, a report said Friday ...
The Laguna Fire was first reported near Laguna Canyon Road [5] via 911 calls at 11:50 a.m. on October 27. When firefighters reached the scene several minutes later, the incipient wildfire was burning two acres (0.81 hectares) of vegetation on unincorporated county land, [6] [2]: 10 but it quickly moved into thicker brush and intensified, with flames up to 25 feet (7.6 m) tall.