{"id":403749,"date":"2026-07-18T19:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403749\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:50:13","slug":"crews-make-progress-on-ruptured-west-hollywood-water-main-no-completion-date-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403749\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews make progress on ruptured West Hollywood water main; no completion date yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials said<\/a> crews made significant progress overnight to repair a rupture in a 100-year-old water main in West Hollywood that caused a massive sink hole and severe flooding<\/a> in the area on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Repairs included cutting and removing a 25-foot-long section of the broken pipe and putting a replacement in place.<\/p>\n

LADWP officials said the pipe will be repressurized, checked for leaks, and tested for regulatory compliance. It will need to be refilled before street paving.<\/p>\n

The department doesn’t have a specific completion date for the fix.<\/p>\n

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Sunset Boulevard between Sherbourne Drive and San Vicente Boulevard is still closed to traffic. Nearby streets have limited access, including at Cynthia and San Vicente, for public safety.<\/p>\n

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A map of road closures provided by LADWP as of July 18.<\/p>\n

Where things stand for local businesses<\/p>\n

Dialog Cafe on Holloway Drive said on Instagram<\/a> on Thursday that the cafe sustained significant damage and didn’t know when it can reopen. <\/p>\n

And Book Soup reported on social media <\/a>Saturday that hey remained closed. The said they hope to reopen within a few days, noting the “the neighborhood remains inaccessible except to residents.”<\/p>\n