The key NASA center remains under a mandatory evacuation order, but officials say both it and Mount Wilson are protected for ...
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 ...