Erroneous accusations that a wealthy couple, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, have been hoarding water amid the Southern California wildfires have been spreading widely online.

The owners of Wonderful Co., behind Fiji Water and other brands, use a lot of water, but it's only a fraction of California’s usage. No one entity owns the water.

President Donald Trump on Monday issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a new

The couple’s company has a majority stake in a water bank in the San Joaquin Valley and uses vast amounts of water to manage its nearly 130,000-acre California agriculture operation. But the claim that the Resnicks own nearly all — or even a large portion — of California’s water is a massive exaggeration.

Since the beginning of the January 2025 fires around Los Angeles, claims circulated that one billionaire couple owned "most of California's water," with some people implying they were hoarding it from firefighting efforts.

As wildfires continue to burn in L.A., art collectors Lynda and Stewart Resnick face criticism for their ownership of a nearby water bank.

There are misconceptions circulating about who’s at fault for the fires burning tens of thousands of acres across Los Angeles.

Stewart and Lynda Resnick, an ultra-wealthy couple from California, are being accused of hoarding water when it is needed to fight the wildfires in California. The Resnicks own the Los Angeles-based Wonderful Company — which claims to be one of the largest food producers in the world.

emerged amid general criticism about water management in California sparked by the fierce Los Angeles fires. A burned fire hydrant drips water in front of charred trees in Malibu, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) Lynda Resnick and ...

Firefighters are working to contain the Los Angeles fires. As of Jan. 16, the Palisades Fire consumed more than 23,000 acres and was 31% contained. The Eaton Fire, which has scorched more than ...

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The thing with social media platforms is misinformation can spread as fast as the fires currently burning across the L.A. region. Hot off the announcement that Meta is doing away with fact checkers, social media has been ablaze with conspiracy theories and AI generated images and videos.