Water main break floods West Hollywood, opens sinkhole

"A massive water main break sent torrents of water through a West Hollywood neighborhood early Thursday, flooding streets, damaging vehicles, creating a large sinkhole and forcing widespread road closures near the Sunset Strip.

The rupture occurred shortly before 4 a.m. on a 36-inch water transmission pipe operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The high-pressure break sent water rushing down Palm Avenue and surrounding streets, inundating underground parking garages, stranding vehicles and disrupting traffic across one of the city’s busiest corridors."

Water main break floods West Hollywood, opens sinkhole | July 2026 https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/07/16/west-hollywood-water-main-break-flooding-sinkhole-484721/