Fire Chief: Super Scoopers, choppers work – but were grounded during fierce California wildfire winds
The familiar, water-dropping aircraft are leased by the fire department from Quebec each year to help fend off California ...
Ex-Skydance Executive Pleads Guilty To "Recklessly" Operating Drone That Crashed Into Super Scooper During L.A. Wildfires – Update
Former president of Skydance Interactive Peter Akemann pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into ...
Culver City man pleads guilty to drone crash into Super Scooper during Palisades Fire
As part of his plea agreement, Peter Tripp Akemann agreed to pay full restitution of just over $65,000 to the government of ...
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Man pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire
A Culver City man pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month. Peter Tripp Akemann, ...
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Culver City man to plead guilty to crashing drone into 'Super Scooper' during Palisades Fire
A Culver City man is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a ...
Flying into the firestorm: The fight to save the Palisades
On the morning of Jan. 7, as thick black smoke billowed over the Pacific Palisades, newsrooms across the city mobilized without a key piece of news-gathering equipment.
Officials say Mountain fire in Ventura County did not get enough help from Newsom
Ventura County Supervisor Kelly Long said they had enough water to douse Mountain fire, but not enough infrastructure.
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Culver man pleads guilty to drone hit
Culver City man Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, was charged with federal crimes in connection with a drone that hit a water-dropping ...