As we mark six months since the devastating January wildfires, there are troubling new allegations by thousands of Palisades Fire victims in their lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). They claim the utility tampered with records for a reservoir that was empty at the time of the fire, as well as power lines in the area. The new allegations accuse LADWP of failing to comply with its own policy, then changing the policy and altering a computer log to erase an over four-hour delayed arrival to shut off power to the Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7. … Regarding the 117 million-gallon Santa Ynez Reservoir that was empty when the fire broke out, Public Records Act requests retrieved LADWP emails that show the reservoir’s cover should have been inspected monthly and by divers underneath on an annual basis, but it was last inspected back in 2021.