Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said.

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — The man accused of flying a drone so recklessly that he crashed it into a plane that was battling the Palisades Fire earlier this month won't serve any prison time as part of a plea ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,706.6 acres after being active for more than a month. A crew of 800 firefighters managed to contain the blaze ...

A damaged firefighting aircraft is seen after a drone strike while responding to the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9 ... and the company that repaired the plane -- estimated to be at least $65,169.

A Culver City man is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has come under intense scrutiny for traveling to Africa last month amid a botched fire ...

has pleaded guilty to flying the drone that collided with and subsequently grounded a Canadian Super Scooper firefighting plane as the Palisades Fire raged on Jan. 9. Akemann, who worked with ...

Officials say the plane was owned by the government of Quebec ... on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing site of it. It then crashed with the Super ...