The Palisades Fire broke out on Jan. 6 ... struck a drone over the fire while trying to fight the flames. The "super scooper" was grounded because of the damage from the impact, officials told ...

Refresh this page for updates. The Jan. 9 collision left a 3-by-6-inch hole in the Super Scooper’s left wing. The crew landed safely at Van Nuys Airport, but the plane was out service for ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A Culver City man is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft ...

During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during ...

A 56-year-old Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to “recklessly operating a drone” that ended up crashing into and damaging a Super Scooper as it was fighting the Palisades Fire ...

Because of the damage, the Super Scooper, which can drop 1,600 gallons ... It will likely be out of commission for the duration of the Palisades fire, Thomas said. In the temporary flight ...

A Culver City man pleaded guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month. Peter Tripp ...

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty in connection with an unauthorized drone's collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.

Not having its own Super Scooper planes “did not impact the response to the Palisades fire,” Marrone said. There were 12 fatalities and 6,835 structures destroyed in the Palisades fire.