Becoming proficient in hang gliding doesn't happen overnight. In the beginning, you might feel like a clumsy penguin—waddling ...

Arthur Simoneau was found near the doorway of his Topanga home, apparently trying to defend it from the Palisades fire.

A hang glider crashed onto a beach in front of shocked tourists in China. The pilot flew over Yaduhui Beach when he lost control and plunged with the white and blue equipment in Hainan on January 18.

A hang-glider pilot for four decades, 69-year-old Arthur Simoneau was a calculated risk-taker. And so, as residents fled the Palisades fire Tuesday, Simoneau headed closer to the inferno.

Police and paramedics were deployed to the rock pool area, where the hang glider could be seen on the rocks and sand next to a police buggy and a small group of bystanders.

Bouncing from cloud to cloud is just a sensational feeling - it’s the closest to flying like a bird that you can get.” That’s ...

A helicopter drops water on a fire near Topanga Village along Topanga Canyon Road on Wednesday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) ...