Los Angeles police arrested three people following drone incidents in wildfire areas as first responders battle infernos raging in Southern California.
Los Angeles County’s latest major wildfire burns more than 10,000 acres near Castaic Lake as new Laguna Fire forces campus to evacuate
If a drone is in the air, then all firefighting aerial operations shut down. That's just one of the many warnings officials hope people take to heart.
The 10,396-acre Hughes fire reached 56% containment Friday as first responders made progress controlling multiple blazes burning in Los Angeles County, which is expected to receive rain over the weekend that could be capable of producing floods and mudslides in several burned areas.
On Monday, Los Angeles County ... FAA has not authorized anyone unaffiliated with the Los Angeles firefighting operations to fly drones in the (temporary flight restrictions)." Combating the ...
One of CAL FIRE’s newest additions, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, is often the first to arrive at the scene of a fire, releasing an initial wave of retardant in front of its path. The U.S. Coast Guard last year transferred seven of them to the department, which first deployed the air tankers in August.
Arrests near wildfire zones in Los Angeles continue to increase as more National Guard members have been deployed to the region.
Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.
Forty-eight privately owned drones have been detected in wildfire zones, Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Robert Harris said during a briefing on Saturday evening. The FAA has warned against ...
Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme Santa Ana winds increase fire danger.
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The deadly fires, two of the most destructive on record in California, started Jan. 7 on a day of extremely high fire danger due to a Santa Ana windstorm. More than 27 deaths have been reported in the fires, burning in the Pacific Palisades area on the Los Angeles County coast and Altadena area northeast of Los Angeles.