A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors ...

On the morning of Jan. 7, as thick black smoke billowed over the Pacific Palisades, newsrooms across the city mobilized without a key piece of news-gathering equipment.

Temporary flight restrictions were put in place across portions of Southern California as the firestorms tore through Los Angeles County ... prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ...

FAA and union officials would not address whether Southern California airport towers are fully staffed, but the shortage has ...

Over the weekend, the Federal Aviation Administration officially designated the airspace above the Caesars Superdome as a “No ...

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 ...

Brian van der Brug has been a staff photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times since 1997. A FAA-licensed drone pilot ... Los Angeles County has opened its first safe parking location for ...

Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you ... expected to return to service Tuesday, pending FAA approval, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Tuesday morning.

The winds aren’t expected to be as extreme as they were a week ago, but will still be extremely dangerous. According to current forecasts, the weather is then expected to improve dramatically (in ...

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 ...