When wind-driven flames raged through Pacific Palisades, Marco Terruzzin and his family were not at home. They soon learned that the inferno had destroyed the two-story Spanish-style home they had ...

L.A. Times reporter Ian James wrote about an innovative system of balloon-like water tanks called “water trees” that could be the answer.

The water is stored in balloon-like inflatable tanks that the company calls Water Trees, which stand 39 feet tall and resemble giant onions, each contained in a durable plastic membrane held secure by ...