fire hydrant

“Just to locate fire hydrants when the water system is failing — everything is dangerous out there,” Johnson said.

Firefighters had arrived; but without fire hydrants around his property, they were left with his garden hose.

In those moments I feel so far from home — my original home, on the East Coast in the inner city, where my closest natural respite was a patch of grass beside a fire hydrant.

Over the last year, Los Angeles has seen a surge of thefts of copper, brass and other metals from street lights, tombstones, fire hydrants and transit rail lines, among other places.

In parts of Los Angeles County, fire hydrants have become a hot item.