Hollywood Hills water main has second leak, leaving hundreds without water

A Hollywood Hills water main that ruptured Thursday afternoon, briefly sending rushing water down Wonderland Avenue, experienced a second leak early Friday, leaving hundreds without water.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said 300 customers in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood are without water as crews work to repair the 12-inch water main.

It first ruptured around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the area of the 8500 block of W. Wonderland Ave. Aerial footage showed flowing water on the street in front of Wonderland Avenue Elementary School. 

Water service was restored around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, and while crews were performing street repairs, a second leak, just a few feet from the first, was spotted around 4 a.m.

Bottled water is being delivered to the community affected by the outage.

According to LADWP, the pipe is 67 years old and has had two leaks in the past 21 years.

"Due to the two back-to-back leaks, LADWP will evaluate this section of pipe to determine the timeline for replacement," the agency said.