World & Nation
Dozens of the children of Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began.
Business
Reps. Maxine Waters and Brad Sherman reintroduce legislation that would require a study assessing the danger wildfires pose and the market for homeowners’ insurance.
California
When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility’s operations chief explains the decisions as the fire spread.
Hundreds of volunteers searched thousands of acres around the waterway where the teens were last seen.
Lifestyle
Somehow the Eaton fire spared thousands of camellias and azaleas at 90-year-old Nuccio’s Nurseries. Now they desperately need water to stay alive.
The outflow of untreated sewage into California’s coastal waters has created environmental, health and economic problems for residents living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Entertainment & Arts
Videos of fire-fighting pilots nailing flames with miraculous precision have given Angelenos something to root for during a week of shock, terror and grief.
Climate & Environment
States that rely on the Colorado River are at an impasse in talks on rules to address water shortages. California, Arizona and Nevada are at odds with other states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is promoting a $20-billion plan for a water tunnel. The Metropolitan Water District’s board voted to spend $141 million for initial costs.
A mother and her son, a UCLA freshman, fought to save their house in Pacific Palisades, using a hose to keep the flames at bay while hundreds of their neighbors’ homes burned.