The summit of Mount Wilson looms over Pasadena at about 5,715 feet, with the white domes of the observatory buildings and surrounding radio towers visible to drivers along Interstate 210 below.

Road closures and flood warnings are in effect Sunday as Los Angeles County endures its first rainstorm of the season.

Firefighters in southern California have been able to control the flames that reached the to of Mount Wilson on Thursday, the broadcast hub for Los Angeles. An announcement on the Mount Wilson ...

according to the authorities in California. “The fire is making a run toward the historic Mount Wilson area,” Robert Luna, the Los Angeles County Sheriff, said at a news conference Thursday ...

Radio World has learned there has been frequent coordination among southern California engineers for refueling generators powering transmitters. Although Thursday’s viral footage of flames caused ...

By that time, the fire was threatening the Mt. Wilson complex and the California Highway Patrol had shut down the forest roads. “We had fire right up to the edge of the building,” Russell said.

Don Fregulia, an operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which has joined in the Eaton fire response, said that efforts to protect Mt. Wilson had ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California appear to be unscathed by the Eaton fire burning through Pasadena and Altadena — for now.

Flames from the massive Eaton Fire are approaching the summit of California's Mount Wilson. The mountaintop is home to communication towers and an historic observatory.Jan. 9, 2025 ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – The Eaton Fire threatened to destroy critical broadcast transmission equipment atop Mt. Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains on Thursday. A live KTLA camera showed flames ...

The Eaton Fire, which ravaged Altadena, is encroaching on Mt. Wilson, whose peak houses a ... and emergency safety throughout much of southern California,” the anchor said as images of the ...