{"id":1013965,"date":"2026-08-21T01:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1013965\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:36:32","slug":"westlake-water-main-break-floods-streets-and-homeless-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1013965\/","title":{"rendered":"Westlake water main break floods streets and homeless encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A water main break<\/a> flooded streets in Westlake on Thursday, including a homeless encampment, which was surrounded by water in the early-morning hours. <\/p>\n

The break was reported at about 3:30 a.m. along Beverly Boulevard, near North Occidental Boulevard, said Lesly Figueroa, spokesperson with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. <\/p>\n

Water rushed through the area while several unhoused people slept in their tents. Video from KTLA-TV<\/a> showed water surrounding cots and furniture on the street, as some of the people tried to lift mattresses and other belongings away from the water. <\/p>\n

Water appeared to rise over the sidewalks before crews managed to stop the deluge. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s still unclear what caused the break, Figueroa said. <\/p>\n

Water service for some residents in the area was disrupted for hours.<\/p>\n

Crews were dispatched early Thursday and closed one lane of eastbound traffic in the area for the repairs, Figueroa said. <\/p>\n

LADWP officials sent a message to residents in the area asking them to drive carefully through the area and take alternate streets if possible. <\/p>\n

Water service was restored by 4 p.m., Figueroa said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A water main break flooded streets in Westlake on Thursday, including a homeless encampment, which was surrounded by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1013966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[7910,1582,276,405716,25076,4178,89209,89068,2961,405715,224,2444,5337,6172,11449,405717,625,40292,989,527],"class_list":["post-1013965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-area","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-cot","tag-crew","tag-furniture","tag-homeless-encampment","tag-ktla","tag-la","tag-lesly-figueroa","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-power","tag-resident","tag-several-unhoused-people","tag-street","tag-tent","tag-video","tag-water"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117130938780547156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1013966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}