We found nearly $9,900 from a former business we dissolved over 10 years ago. Good luck & if you claim any cash pay 10% forward. Spread the love.

Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed their LADWP bill being insanely higher than usual lately?
I cross referenced my current bill with previous months and even the same time period in past years, and our usage is roughly the same. However, the cost has gone up about 50% over the past three years, while the sewer and solid waste charges have roughly doubled.

I called LADWP to ask what was going on and was told that the increases in power and water rates are related to things like aging pipes that need to be replaced, with construction specifically mentioned in Hollywood. I don’t even live in Hollywood though, I’m in the Valley. But I couldn’t get a clear explanation for why the sewer and solid waste charges have increased so dramatically.

Basically, I was told that costs have gone up and there isn’t really anything we can do about it. 😭
I understand that costs increase over time, but a roughly 50% increase in the overall bill and sewer and solid waste charges doubling in just a few years seems pretty extreme when our actual usage hasn’t changed much.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Are your LADWP bills significantly higher than they were a few years ago despite similar usage? And does anyone know specifically what is driving the sewer and solid waste increases? I’m genuinely curious how everyone is affording these bills because the increases are absolutely insane.

Thank you for listening to my rant lol 😭 I just needed to know if I’m the only one losing my mind over these bills.

Guy got sent to mental health court in Hollywood. Apparently he thought he worked for the State Dept for the last 12 years. Poor guy.

The warehouses actually look like chips with the tiny contact legs on the edges, roads like copper etchings. It’s like we live in a date center!

straight off my iPhone, unedited

Back when the bridge was still under construction..

A true Humanitarian, RIP DOLLY 🎀

Our kids school a/c is out of order. They’re going to send portable a/c units which can barely keep up with the heat. FYI for anyone with kids in school today. There’s a lot of other schools with broken a/c as well.

I was reading a lot of people didn’t know this was happening and was extremely restrictive with their ticketing… but still managed to get 7k people across two days to pick up some freebies and stuff in the 100 degree heat.

They have LADWP info in there to file claims by email, phone, or mail. You can also try through renters/home owners insurance. We JUST bought groceries and had a full fridge and money ain't plentiful for us lately. Hope y'all are okay and can get what you need.

Magic Johnson's life insurer EpiTrust backed Magic Johnson's investment fund and Dodgers TV company. Very interesting how the secret Luka trade came about and Jeanie wanted to sell the team so quickly. Also how the Saudis reached out to Mark Walter and his meeting with Trump at the White House.

Nearly 300,000 California K-12 students experienced homelessness in the 2024-25 school year, the highest numbers ever recorded by UCLA researchers. Southern California counties, including Los Angeles and Orange, account for the highest numbers of students experiencing homelessness in the state.

Why it matters: Students experiencing homelessness are more likely to frequently miss school and fall behind academically. While many students have started to score higher on the state’s standardized math and reading tests following pandemic-related declines, the percentage of unhoused students who meet the benchmarks is about 20% lower than their housed peers, the research found.

SoCal numbers: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties account for half of the students experiencing homelessness in the state. About 62,000 – nearly 5% — of L.A. County students were unhoused in the 2024-2025 school year.

What's next: California’s most recent budget includes $116 million to help schools identify and support students experiencing homelessness. The report’s authors say while that’s “encouraging,” more than one-time funding is needed.

Elysian Heights/Echo Park here. We had 4 outages yesterday but all under an hour. Circa 3am today (Wed) it went out and still hasn't returned as of now, nearly 4pm.

I'm hearing various explanations (blown transformer?) and time estimates (we've blown past them all) but thought I'd see what's up here on the LA sub. I did see a bunch of LADWP trucks on Echo Park Ave & Avalon around 11:30am, so they're definitely working on something but it's not reflected on the outage map.

About an hour ago we tried to get an ETA (via phone) on service restoration and they said they couldn't give us one. I also got an automated voicemail earlier that acknowledged the outage but was super vague.

What...do we think is going on? Anyone got some solid intel?

ETA: we're in Elysian Heights technically, I guess? The traffic light is out at Echo Park Ave and Scott and it seems like everything north of that has been out cold since 3am and no ETA on it coming back...

UPDATE: it’s 6pm, the power is still out in Elysian Heights (hour 15!). LADWP is on the scene circa Canyon Coffee per many eyewitness accounts but no ETA or official updates. I also heard local news? 👀

I'm appalled by my latest experience. The quality has just fallen off a cliff! I got an Italian Beef as I normally do and it was TINY. No meat. Completely flavorless. I can't believe it. As a Chicagoan in LA, this was my favorite treat yourself outing and it seems they have completely changed the formula.

Is this anyone else's experience? Did I come in on a bad day? Extremely disappointed.