In his nearly seven decades on earth, Arthur Simoneau chased the sky. The 69-year-old hang glider pilot rode the wind, navigating the dangerous peaks of Owens Valley and Yosemite with the ...

Friends and neighbors say Arthur Simoneau represented the best parts of Topanga, a tight-knit bohemian mountain community with a reputation for welcoming the free-spirited. Hang-gliding friends ...

Show Caption1 of 7 Arthur Simoneau enjoying the outdoors. (Photo courtesy of In Defense of Animals) Expand “He had a very high regard and respect for the air,” said Steve Murillo, a local hang ...

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.