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.

When the Eaton Fire flared up Jan. 9, flames producing heavy dark smoke climbed to the summit of Mount Wilson ... Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning.

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 ...

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 ...

The Eaton Fire that started in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles flared up Thursday morning and climbed to the summit of Mount Wilson ... stories in Southern California delivered to you ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory was once home to the world’s largest telescope, and more than a century ago, on Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble made one of his most important discoveries at ...