To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most ...

Fundraising efforts are underway for three broadcast engineers in Log Angeles who have lost their homes to the ongoing California wildfires.

Power is out on southern California’s Mount Wilson for a second straight week, forcing broadcasters to rely on backup ...

Another “potentially dangerous situation red flag warning” hit Southern California Monday afternoon, Jan. 20, as fire crews ...

When the Eaton Fire flared up Jan. 9, flames climbed to the summit of Mount Wilson northeast of LA. What happened next was a fire prevention success.

The photo shows how the Eaton Fire came within mere feet from the lifesaving communications equipment at Mount Wilson.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said firefighters from Mexico ... By noon Thursday, the fire had reached the summit of Mt.

The LA fireball is the new normal—a new genre of urban fire that requires novel thinking and next-practice responses to contain the blaze, which spreads rapidly and ferociously in hours, destroying an ...

Some people in Los Angeles have worked for years to increase the number of trees that provide shade and respite from heat and ...

The Eaton fire is one of several fires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. By Friday, a total of 11 deaths were attributed to the California wildfires. Eight deaths were reported from the ...

As I write this, the wind in Pasadena has not kicked back up – the calmness of the air is both hopeful and unsettling.