Aging Pipes, Catastrophic Costs | Los Angeles News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A massive 17-million-gallon water main break on Sunset Boulevard—sparking a sinkhole and chaos—exposes LA’s crumbling century-old infrastructure. With 30% of DWP pipes over 80 years old, leaks like this aren’t flukes; they’re symptoms of a systemic crisis. Businesses are flooded, recovery is uncertain, and while age and soil pressure play roles, the real cost lies in delayed action. Fixing this won’t be cheap, but ignoring it will cost even more—time’s running out to keep the city’s veins pumping. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/10007233814cb8bf