About 2,200 Hollywood Hills residents experienced a dark Monday night and Tuesday morning after a tree fell on power lines, causing an outage. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) tweeted Monday night, "Hang in there folks crews r wking,but its a big job," and pledged to work through the night to restore electricity. more ›

Los Angeles has got the power -- the solar power. The L.A. Department of Water and Power (LADWP) scored the greenlight today from the L.A. City Council to start signing contracts to bring solar power to the city. more ›

Following the first storm of spring, nearly 4,000 Southern California Edison (SCE) customers and 2,500 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers were still without power early this morning. The number of SCE customers left in the dark late Sunday night totaled 8,126, and crews worked through the night to restore power. more ›

Running low on water but trying to avoid buying plastic water bottles? A UCLA-developed, LADWP-approved app called "WeTap" promises to help Angelenos find the nearest water fountain. more ›

Commuters who rely on using Coldwater Canyon to get between the Valley and the other side of the hill weekdays may want to explore some alternate route options from now until the end of the year. more ›

Last week's Windpocalypse continues to affect SoCal residents. A red flag warning remains in effect until this afternoon, and thousands are still without power. Yesterday, 26,783 Southern California Edison customers were still in the dark, mostly in the San Gabriel Valley and Foothill communities. As of 6am this morning, SCE reports that 10,280 customers still did not have electricity. more ›

While for most of us last week's windstorm is a fading memory, there are over 26,000 Los Angeles area residents who remain without power thanks to widespread outages in areas serviced by Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. more ›

Paying bills deems painful for many, especially around the holidays, and now your Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) bill might increase by $5 or more each month. Two rate increase proposals are on hold until the city hires a ratepayer advocate. One proposal aims to increase the utility's Water Quality Adjustment Factor. Another includes a 5% increase in water rates and a 7.5% increase on electricity. more ›

The L.A. Flower Market - the nation's largest flower market - just grew a little greener with the installation of a 280 kilowatt solar electric system. One of the largest privately-owned commercial systems in LADWP's administration, the system will harness the sun to generate energy for the 90-year-old market and its vendors via 1,246 solar panels. more ›

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has announced their soon-to-debut retooled Solar Incentive Program (SIP) to help get more local customers set up for solar power, and reaping the benefits. Late last year, the L.A. City Council asked the LADWP (voted one of the nation's 19 most-hated companies) to come up with a revised plan. more ›

The online survey of seven questions takes just five minutes, claims LADWP, and contains information on the department's current challenges, basic needs and options for strategic investments they could make over the next three years. more ›

Wait, the love isn't flowing for the Los Angeles Department Water and Power, with their excellent and responsive customer service, their easy-to-read bills, and their ever-increasing rates? Yep. Not so much. The LADWP has been ranked by Business Insider as #13 out of the #19 most-hated companies in the nation. Ouch. more ›

Just when you thought it was safe to drink the water...comes an Associated Press report making the rounds today about the vulnerability of the nation's uncovered reservoirs and the ease with which they could be come contaminated. Among the U.S. cities pinpointed for having such gaping holes suitable for infiltrating with all manner of icky parasites and toxins is Los Angeles, where our Silver Lake reservoir is among those not in line with rules put out by the EPA in 2006. more ›

The heavyweight Hollywood mogul and talent concentration of power was so tremendous last night that the earth gave way, and opened up, and nearly swallowed Tinseltown. Okay, we are totally kidding. There was, however, a sinkhole in Hollywood last night, caused by a water main that was first reported broken at around 9 p.m. last night, just minutes after the Academy Awards ended. more ›

We got it, and we're paying for it: "Los Angeles has met its goal of providing 20 percent of the city’s power from renewable sources in 2010 largely thanks to a wind plant," according to an AP report published by CBS2. more ›

It can't be "one of the most widespread and strongest wind episodes in recent years" without some fallout--or, more appropriately, some fallen trees and power outages. There is, of course, already the requisite Foursquare Windpocalypse 2010 venue for your check-in entertainment (a moving target, if ever there was one). more ›

For City of Los Angeles residents who opt to go solar for their power, the DWP has a rebate incentive. However, today the City Council is urging the DWP to put their rebates on hold, and to consider reducing the dollar amount of the rebates, according to the Daily News. Though the Council "unanimously rejected a proposal to slash" DWP rebates today, they are asking that the DWP make a new plan that will safeguard against the program going bankrupt. more ›

Two major solar power projects in Southern California were announced today, proving that the state's commitment to reducing greenhouse gases may be on target. Locally, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power pushed forward plans for what will become the city's largest solar array. Meanwhile, the federal government approved... more ›

Guess what? We live in a desert and water is scarce! And now we are the number one large American city on a list of ten that are running out of water, according to a report assembled and published by 24/7 Wall St. more ›

It may be election day, but the Los Angeles City Council has their work cut out for them as this week is the last to approve items for the March 8th, 2011 ballot. That's the municipal election where half of the City Council is up for grabs along with a number of measures. A couple ballot items are already approved -- like pension reform -- but at this morning's meeting, several more will be considered. more ›

On the heels of major proposed reform at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power comes news that two employees have been charged with fraud for stealing around $3 million, according to the LA Times. more ›

Power went out this morning along Beverly Boulevard in the Park La Brea area, most notably causing traffic lights to go down and businesses to shutter along Beverly Boulevard. The LADWP confirms that 664 customers have been affected and that crews are working to restore power. Although it's windy, no official cause has been cited. more ›

If you live in the Pacific Palisades area you may have noticed that something is a little fishy these days when it comes to your tap water. Customers have reported "a disagreeable odor" at the tap. The LA DWP explains: "the odors are the result of a recent algal bloom in the Santa Ynez Reservoir which serves the Palisades." Next month the reservoir was due to be taken out of service to have a floating cover installed; a cover will "protect the quality of the water in it and prevent any future algal blooms." The DWP says the water might smell foul, but it remains safe to drink. more ›

The city of Bell scandal, in which employees and elected officials were earning astronomical salaries, prompted local governments across California to try to be a little more open with how much they pay workers. Los Angeles became one of those municipalities when City Controller (and likely Mayoral hopeful) Wendy Greuel quickly jumped in and released a massive database -- actually, it's a one long PDF file -- detailing the salaries of some 37,000 employees. more ›

Of the some 40,000 LADWP customers left without power over the last stormy (kinda) day, about 9,900 are still in the dark, according to the utility. That number is made up of 4,800 customers in South L.A., 1,800 on the Eastside and another 1,800 in Koreatown. Crews are still working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. more ›

City Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife, Flora, have been indicted on charges they did not live at the Panorama City home whose address allowed the councilman to represent District 7. Now, grand jury testimony from a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employee suggests that if the Alarcons in fact lived there, they were doing so in the dark without doing much washing up, according to the LA Times. more ›

After yesterday's rainstorm, crews worked through the night and continue to work this morning to get thousands of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers' service restored. As of 6:30 this morning, about 13,500 of the LADWP's 1.4 million customers were still experiencing "power service interruptions" according to their latest report. The outages are distributed as follows: South Los Angeles: 6,000; Koreatown: 1,800; Hyde Park: 1,500. They anticipate having another update available around 11 this morning. more ›

It gets hot -- like last week -- and the power goes out. It gets stormy -- like today -- and the power goes out. As of 9 p.m., some 32,000 LADWP customers across Los Angeles were without power, according to utility. more ›

Utility crews are continuing to restore power around Southern California this evening. The most recent updates from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Edison indicate that some 30,000 customers are still without power this evening. As of 5:30 p.m., fewer than 5,000 LADWP customers were affected. Neighborhoods suffering the most impact include Los Feliz (938 affected customers), North Hills (800), Bel Air (372), Mount Olympus (356) and Cheviot Hills (349). more ›