Given all that, we can now parse what Chief Littlefield said when asked by the moderator about the role of Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in fighting the Palisades fire. He starts out by saying that ...

Aerial footage shows helicopters battling the Palisades Fire in California’s Santa Monica Mountains into the night on Friday (10 January). Fire trucks were visible moving away from a helispot as ...

Santa Monica Airport is the closest to the wildfires, about three miles south of an evacuation zone for the Palisades Fire. It is a general aviation airport, which means commercial flights don't ...