Jan 31, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of unsafely operating a drone, federal authorities said Friday.

Jan 12, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The FBI released new photos of a damaged water-dropping super scooper firefighting aircraft that collided with a drone over the Palisades Fire. According to officials,...

Jan 12, 2025 · An investigation is underway to find the operator of a private drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft battling the blazes in Los Angeles on Thursday, the FBI said.

Jan 31, 2025 · On Jan. 13 — four days after the crash in Los Angeles — the company announced it was dropping geofence restrictions on most of its consumer and enterprise drone products in the United States ...

Jan 9, 2025 · Fire officials in Southern California informed the FAA that a firefighting aircraft struck a drone Thursday as it was flying over the largest of the region's fires near the Los Angeles County ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Officials have detected 48 privately owned drones flying over the fires since the infernos erupted Tuesday, Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Robert Harris said during a briefing...

Dec 16, 2024 · For weeks, people in several states, including California, have reported seeing drone-like objects flying across the night sky in clusters. Concern over the sightings reached new highs in...

Mar 25, 2024 · Since February, the LAPD has arrested, cited, and confiscated the drones of nine drone pilots flying near the abandoned graffitied towers in downtown Los Angeles. The arrests flew under the radar until LAPD’s Assistant Commander Lillian Carranza, proudly shared the news on social media.

Jan 10, 2025 · Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday, forcing...

Jan 11, 2025 · The number of unauthorized drone incidents over the Los Angeles County Fire zones are now "well into the double digits" Akil Davis, Assistant Director in Charge of the Los Angeles Field...