On Monday, September 14, one of California’s numerous wildfires, the Bobcat fire, marched toward the Mount Wilson Observatory, which is located in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles, ...

Evacuated staff members kept vigilant of the observatory using its live webcam feed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A wildfire ...

The historic observatory in southern California is 116 years old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Several months ago, the ...

MONROVIA (CBSLA) – A massive wildfire burning in the Angeles National Forest north of Monrovia came within 500 feet of the Mount Wilson Observatory, fire officials said Tuesday. Several radio and TV ...

While flames from the Bobcat fire were within 500 feet of the Mount Wilson Observatory, firefighting crews managed to keep the blaze away from the mountaintop structure throughout Tuesday, Angeles ...

Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blaze since it started Sept. 6 near the Cogswell Dam and West Fork Day Use area. The observatory posted to Facebook on Tuesday that the blaze was less ...