Lick Observatory still trying to mitigate damage after extreme wind event

Nearly three weeks after severe winds damaged an iconic observatory​ in the mountains near San Jose, crews are still focused ...
KQED

Historic Lick Observatory Faces Long Road to Recovery After Christmas Storm

A powerful winter storm damaged Lick Observatory’s Great Refractor telescope, forcing an indefinite closure as crews work to ...
The New York Times

It’s Lights Out at a Cosmic Restaurant

Palomar Observatory bids farewell to a tradition of napkin rings, cowbells and astronomical table conversation. Out There Palomar Observatory bids farewell to a tradition of napkin rings, cowbells and ...
KQED

This South Bay Observatory Has Been Watching the Stars for Over a Century

Just an hour east of San José, up a steep road with bursting wildflowers and crooked oak trees winding through the Diablo Range, sits one of California’s most remarkable scientific outposts. Perched 4 ...
SFGate

Historic Mount Wilson, crucial communications link for California, threatened by Eaton Fire

The summit of Mount Wilson looms over Pasadena at about 5,715 feet, with the white domes of the observatory buildings and surrounding radio towers visible to drivers along Interstate 210 below. The ...
Reuters

California firefighters make stand to save famed observatory, homes

LOS ANGELES, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Crews fought on Tuesday to defend homes and the famed Mount Wilson Observatory from California's biggest and most dangerous wildfire, standing their ground at a major ...