{"id":438567,"date":"2026-08-20T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438567\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:24:08","slug":"westlake-water-main-break-floods-streets-and-homeless-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438567\/","title":{"rendered":"Westlake water main break floods streets and homeless encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A water main break<\/a> flooded streets in a Westlake neighborhood Thursday, including a nearby homeless encampment that 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<\/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. <\/p>\n

Crews were dispatched early Thursday morning 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A water main break flooded streets in a Westlake neighborhood Thursday, including a nearby homeless encampment that was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[599,173999,6947,2404,7254,4407,48,52,51,173998,47,50,49,63,4840,288,174000,1291,8219,5050,646],"class_list":["post-438567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-area","tag-cot","tag-crew","tag-furniture","tag-homeless-encampment","tag-ktla","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lesly-figueroa","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-power","tag-resident","tag-several-unhoused-people","tag-street","tag-tent","tag-video","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}