The blaze threatened the observatory and communications infrastructure at the peak. Later, an observatory official said it ...
a peak high above the San Gabriel Valley that is home to vital communication towers for the Los Angeles vicinity and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory. What happened next is a fire protection ...
Towers for all the major TV stations are located on the mountain, as are transmitters for many FM radio stations.
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.
(AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) Firefighters put out a fire burning inside a tree after the Eaton Fire burned through the ...
The Eaton Fire that started in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles flared up Thursday morning near Mount Wilson.