Captain RK Smithley flies McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire bombers for New Mexico-based 10Tanker. Smithley dropped red fire retardant over the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. Mountainous terrain ...

A fire at Franklin Walmart caused millions in damage Monday night, leading to evacuation and the detention of a 10-year-old boy. ALL COMING UP. BREAKING NEWS IS FIRST HERE AT 11:00. A TEN YEAR OLD ...

HAPPENS, YOU LET US KNOW. POLICE SAY A TEN YEAR OLD BOY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MASSIVE FIRE INSIDE THE FRANKLIN WALMART. SHOPPERS CAPTURED THE FLAMES ON CELL PHONE CAMERAS MONDAY NIGHT. THAT FIRE ...

Twenty-five years from today, Santa Ana winds will scream through Los Angeles on a dry autumn morning, turning a small hillside campfire into a deadly, fast-moving blaze. At that moment, the city will ...

For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked out of a command post in the Highlands neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners converted into tanker planes for a New Mexico-based company called ...