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Wild Fires 2003, Last House Standing (CBS News)...

CBS News | Last House Standing | October 30, 2003 10:59:03

Last House Standing

SCRIPPS RANCH, Calif., Oct. 30, 2003

Miracle Home Spared By Fires

The Homel homestead (Photo: CBS/The Early Show)

"Everybody is just sort of in a state of shock." -Penny Homel

Steve, Penny and Elyse Homel (Photo: CBS/The Early Show)

One house survives the inferno

(CBS) With towering flames bearing down on Southern California towns, firefighters were digging in to protect hundreds of homes while looking for more help from the weather.

In the San Diego suburb of Scripps Ranch, more than 300 homes had already been destroyed, including every home on Pinecastle Street but one: That of Penny and Steve Homel.

The family left the house in a panic several days ago, they told CBS News Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm.
...

Wild Fires 2003, Day 6: Resources for Journalists...

As noted Oct 31, 2003 on the NewsLib (news librarians) mailing list.. from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR)...

With almost a million acres burned in California, the loss of more than 2,800 homes and more than 20 deaths reported, reporters can get lost in the big picture of disaster. IRE and NICAR have put together some resources to help journalists cover the wildfires that continue to threaten.

Those resources can be found at
http://www.ire.org/wildfires.html

Those include databases that can add perspective to stories, tipsheets with timely information to help
journalists find even more resources, already published stories about previous fire disasters and Web sites to help journalists make their deadlines.

INFOBITS, Oct 2003 online...

CIT INFOBITS October issue is out, and on the Web.. you can subscribe to receive via e-mail at the site.. below is a brief excerpt....

INFOBITS is also available online on the World Wide Web at http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/(HTML format) and at http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/text/index.html (plain text format).

CIT INFOBITS, October 2003

No. 64, ISSN 1521-9275

About INFOBITS

INFOBITS is an electronic service of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Instructional Technology. Each month the CIT's Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a number of information and instructional technology sources that come to her attention and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators.
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Facilitating Online Discussion

Trends in Distance Education

New Resource on eLearning and Course Management Systems

Halloween Links: Fantastic Zoology

Recommended Reading

Cedar Fire East Incident Information

Cedar Fire East Incident Information

A Web site just for the Cedar Fire

Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune....

Welcome to DisasterHelp

Welcome to DisasterHelp

From FEMA, government site, now focused on helping with the wild fires in California, 2003....

Wild Fires 2003, Day 6: News Updates...

More news updates from source: Google News, Oct 31, 2003.. Happy Halloween.. this will be the last news update post on this topic, though I will post further items that are significant.. thanks for all the comments, notes, e-mails, and hopefully, the blog site and news items were helpful to those wanting to keep up with the wild fires.. while not completely contained or controlled yet, they are today a reduced threat here in San Diego County.. we have some clouds, light rains, and forecast for more over the weekend.. the worst, it seems, is over, and now recovery efforts to help the victims, and to return lives to normal, begin in earnest...

3:29am

DAVIS: Fires could be tamed in a week
CNN International
... More than 729,000 acres in five Southern California counties have burned ... people have been displaced as a result of the fires. The deadly Cedar Fire in San ... Cedar Fire Kills One Firefighter, Injures Three Others - KVBC Davis Responds to Fires as if Recall Never Happened
- Los Angeles Times More locals head to California; Coronado crew to help fight Cedar ...

5:39am

FIREFIGHTERS say training can't eliminate risks
Marin Independent-Journal, CA
... train again to battle wildland fires ... firefighter, was killed in a wildfire in San Diego ... met the same criteria as fire departments up and down California ...

NEVADA strike team waits on scene for deployment to help save ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV
... Santee, about 20 miles east of San Diego ... Gray Davis and agreed to send fire relief ... personnel hours and equipment used in fighting California's fires ...

FIREFIGHTER'S injuries minor
Record-Searchlight, CA
... Friends of Novato Fire District Engineer Shawn Kreps of Cottonwood were relieved to hear Thursday that his injuries from the Cedar Fire in San Diego County ...

8:16am

SOCAL blazes awe teams of Santa Cruz County firefighters
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA
... transferred to the Cedar Fire in San Diego ... With 200 of its 252 fire crews committed to the Southern California blazes, as well as smaller fires ...

10:49am

SAN DIEGO FIRE VICTIMS RELIEF FUND: LOCAL 8/AMERICAN RED CROSS
KFMB, CA
... 8 is helping raise donations for the American Red Cross San Diego Fire ... the American Red Cross and our neighbors affected by the devastating fires in San ...

MORE area firefighters head for Southern California to fight ...
Lodi News-Sentinel, CA
... to the Cedar Fire in San Diego ... on his way to Southern California ... The fires have already destroyed more ... 13 engines from the same fire ... to help fight a wildfire ... Oct . 30 , 2003 - - Fire quickly quashed in Shingle Springs - Mountain Democrat Nearly 200 city, county firefighters battle blazes - The Porterville Recorder A warning for Solano? Southern California fires raise awareness ...

MILITARY Personnel to Enter California Fire Lines Next Week
Henderson Hall News, VA
... will enter the fire lines in California ... help with the Cedar Fire in San Diego ... before they can deploy to the fire ... airborne attack on the most destructive fires ...

MOTORSPORTS News briefs: California Speedway to help fire victims
AutoWeek
... affected by the fires and those fighting them to be held this weekend. Monetary donations are extremely critical. Donations to the Southern California Fire ...

11:54am

Base Camp a Virtual City of Supplies
Weary firefighters at the San Bernardino Mountains site find everything they need, from foot powder to a Laundromat.

By Janet Wilson, Hector Becerra and Stephanie Chavez, Times Staff Writers, October 31 2003

The soot-crusted firefighters trudge into the San Bernardino base camp by the hundreds -- coughing, eyes watering, hungry beyond belief and exhausted. They wash, they eat and then they seek out what many call the most prized supply of all: foot powder. ...

Wild Fires 2003, Day 5: Librarians' Index to Internet Links...

These are links from the Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) "New This Week" newsletter, related to the current wild fires in California...

California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (CDF)
The CDF is "dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship
of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned
wildlands. In addition, the Department provides varied
emergency services in 35 of the State's 58 counties." This
searchable site includes statistics about the department,
the California Fire Plan, and information about resource
management, emergency response, fire safety, and more.
Click on "Current Major Incidents" on the site map to
learn detailed data about pending fires.

http://www.fire.ca.gov/php/
Subjects: California. Dept. of Forestry ...

Ecological Effects of Fire Retardant Chemicals and Fire
Suppressant Foams
This report discusses the toxicity of fire suppressants and
retardants to vegetation, algae, aquatic invertebrates, and
fish. Includes a summary and a list of the chemicals used in
the study. Also provides links to related reports. From the
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
resource/othrdata/fireweb/fireweb.htm
Subjects: Fire extinguishing agents...

Fire Effects Information (FEIS)
This database offers "information about fire effects on
plants and animals. ... Background information on taxonomy,
distribution, basic biology, and ecology of each species is
also included." Each reference includes a bibliography. Also
features a glossary. Searchable and browsable. From the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/
Subjects: Fire ecology...

Fires in Southern California
Natural color and thermal infrared images taken by the
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection
Radiometer (ASTER) of the October 2003 wildfires in Southern
California. From the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Earth Observatory.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11807
Subjects: Wildfires -- California, Southern -- Photographs...

MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program
This site from the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing
Applications Center features "information on current large
fires, active fire maps, and fire imagery as seen by the
MODIS instrument on board NASA's EOS satellites, Terra and
Aqua." Provides daily fire information including current
fire updates, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
large incident map, fire imagery, animations of active
fires, interactive maps, and links.

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/
Subjects: Fires -- Maps...

NFPA Online
The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) aims to
"reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on
the quality of life by providing and advocating
scientifically-based consensus codes and standards,
research, training and education." The site features public
education materials, fact sheets, news items, and other fire
prevention resources. Technical codes, journal articles, and
other professional resources are only available to paid
members. Searchable.
http://www.nfpa.org/
Subjects: Fire prevention...

Scripps Ranch Brush Fire, October 26-27, 2003
Hundreds of photos, taken by photojournalist Karl Grobl and
other photographers, graphically depict the strength of and
destruction caused by the October, 2003, brush fire in
Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California.
http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/
fire_gallery.asp
Subjects: Scripps Ranch (San Diego, Calif.) -- Fire, 2003...
Photographs | New this week

U.S. Fire Administration Kids' Page
This child-friendly resource features advice on smoke
alarms, escape planning, and home fire safety. Each section
offers tips from "Exty," the talking fire extinquisher, and
includes quizzes on the information covered. Hydro's Hazard
House is a game in which users pick a room in a house and
search for fire hazards. Other fire safety activities
include a word search, crossword, coloring book, and a
Junior Fire Marshal Certificate Quiz. Includes a
Parent-Teacher Lounge to "help you guide children through
the Kids Page."

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/
Subjects: Fire prevention...

U.S. Fire Administration: Arson
This site offers "resources to assist fire departments and
local communities in the prevention and control of arson
fires." The "Publications" section lists reports and other
information on topics such as abandoned buildings, juvenile
arson, church arson, rural arson, burn patterns, and more.
Includes a media kit for Arson Awareness Week, held in early
May.
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fire-service/arson/arson.shtm
Subjects: Arson...

Wild Fires 2003, Day 5: News Updates...

More news alerts and updates, source: Google News Alerts... Oct 30, 2003...

6:10am

NOVATO firefighter dies battling Cedar Fire in San Diego County
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
Novato is in mourning today after roaring flames in San Diego County overran a fire crew, killing one man from the Novato Fire Protection District and injuring ...

CONTROLLED fires said necessary
Oregonian, OR
... prone West must reintroduce controlled fire ... of catastrophic blazes sweeping Southern California. ... lower chaparral regions where fires ... homes in Los Angeles, San ...

OREGON sends help to scene
Oregonian, OR
... the Cedar fire outside San Diego ... he's offering assistance to California ... to donate money to wildfire ... who are suffering all these fires ... authorized sending a fire ...

7:57am

SAN Diego Fire Kills North Bay Firefighter
Firehouse.com News
... at the University of California San Diego Burn ... The fire district has arranged for the ... to fly down to Southern California ... has two other crews fighting the fires ...

CEDAR Fire Kills One Firefighter, Injures Three Others
KVBC, NV
A huge Southern California wildfire that ... the Cedar Fire near San Diego ... Gerard Ramalho reports from the fire ... biggest of the Southern California fires ...

SAN Diego fires touch lives of locals
Yuma Sun, AZ
... destroyed by the San Diego County fires. The Cedar Fire has already demolished more ... of two major blazes in San Diego ... several being fought in Southern California ...

11:36am

NOVATO firefighter dies battling Cedar Fire in San Diego County
KESQ, CA
... tears, Novato firefighter Steve Rucker was remembered this morning as a devoted worker who volunteered to battle the huge fire that killed him in San Diego ...

1:07pm

EVACUATIONS AND REOPENINGS: FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS
KFMB, CA
The Sheriff's Department has begun advising residents of Ramona, including San Diego Country Estates, to prepare for possible evacuations because of ...

BRUIN loses home to San Diego fire
The UCLA Daily Bruin, CA
... For several days, the over 200,000-acre Cedar fire flirted with Crest, the small town in San Diego County where Garber lives, before residents were finally ...

SAN Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau Update
Yahoo News (press release)
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- There are no wildfires burning this morning as of 8:45 am in the city of San Diego, according ...

3:30pm

CALIF. Wildfires Test Airtanker Pilots
Newsday
... In a 270,000-acre wildfire in San Diego ... flying missions throughout Southern California ... risks even during lesser fires ... to the National Interagency Fire ...

TWO Northern Hills firefighters fly out to help in California
Black Hills Pioneer, SD
... Going to California also has a family connection ... her home in a fire near San Diego. ... Like in all fires, it is mother nature ... we need to remember is that this fire ...

7:57pm

DAMP weather brings respite from wildfires, but winds still ...
Centre Daily Times, PA
... the University of California San Diego ... a visit and returned to California ... to go much higher - the fires ... increase to pay for wildfire ... the worries about the fire ...

RAIN, cool weather slow spread of fires
USA Today
... For the first time since Southern California's wildfires began, the firefighters — not the fires ... Even so, the Cedar Fire in San Diego ...

10:59pm

BREAK in the Weather Aids in Fire Fight
New York Times
30 Residents of Southern California ... the sickening yellowish haze of wildfire ... mountain town in San Diego ... had some respite, although fires ... Crews chased the fire ...

TEXAS crews headed out West
San Antonio Express News, TX
... Fire, the biggest fire in San Diego ... One of 10 major California wildfires now ... program coordinator for the Rural Volunteer Fire ... earlier this week to fight fires ...

NAPA County crews help battle southland blazes
NapaNet Daily News, CA
... into the most destructive group of fires ... County are all battling the Southern California ... from San Bernardino to San Diego ... a break from fighting the Cedar Fire ...

DAY 5: Beginning To Beat Back The Blaze
NBC Sandiego.com, CA
... community of Julian is surrounded by fire ... of thousands of firefighters -- the fires ... began on Sunday in San Diego ... A top California Forestry Department official ...

CREWS Gain On Firestorm
NBC Sandiego.com, CA
... that they were beginning to contain the fires in San Diego ... The Cedar Fire is 30 percent contained and ... A California Department of Forestry spokesman said ...

Wild Fires 2003, Day 5: Resource Links...

Fire crews dig in around two areas

MSNBC -A day after a firefighter was killed and 250 homes were lost in minutes, officials feared more wildfire destruction Thursday, especially in a resort area east of Los Angeles and in a historic town in San Diego County.

These resources and information were posted on the SD Chapter, Special Libraries Association mailing list, and are reposted here with permission..

http://www.californialung.org/spotlight/fires.html

- When it comes to clean up activities:

People with lung or heart problems should avoid clean-up activities and areas where dust or soot is present.

Thoroughly wet dusty and sooty areas prior to clean-up. This will help to reduce the amount of particles becoming airborne.

Wear an appropriate dust mask during clean-up.

If exposure to asbestos or other hazardous materials are suspected, do not disturb the area. Dust masks do not protect against asbestos.

San Diego City Permit and Inspection Information for Owners of Fire-Damaged Structures Available at Two Locations

California Department of Insurance Hotline (800) 927-HELP (4357)

Residential Property Claims Guide by the California Department Of Insurance

How do I reach my insurance company?

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (800) 621-3362

FEMA's Guide to the Disaster Declaration Process and Federal Disaster Assistance

FEMA Public Assistance Guide

Governor's Office of Emergency Services

Debris Removal Guide

Federal funds can not be paid to contractors that are debarred or suspended. To ensure that you do not contract with a debarred or suspended contractor, click on this link to go to the Federal Excluded Parties Listing System, and this site for more information....

Wild Fires 2003, Day 4: More News...

More news alerts, source: Google News Alerts... Oct 29, 2003, 10:43pm...

STATE Farm sets up claims offices for California fires
Bloomington Pantagraph, IL
... percent of the homes in California ... A second wildfire near San Diego ... Devereux said, while a third wildfire ... volatile nature of the fires ... The San Bernardino fire is ...

CALIFORNIA Fires Bother Astronomers but Don't Harm Observatories
Astronomy Magazine
... this picture of smoke rising from fires in Southern California ... Several fires in San Diego ... Fortunately, the observatory should be well protected if the fire ...

Wild Fires 2003, Day 4: More News Updates...

More updates from news alerts from Google News... on the San Diego wild fire emergency...

CALIFORNIA fires continue to grow

WJRT, MI

... Diego, Calif — (10/29/03)-- Firefighters in California ... The 210-thousand-acre fire in San ... with heavy smoke hanging over San Diego ... to do much against the fires ...


http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/news/
102903_AP_r2_cal_af_fires.html

IN California, Too Many Dangers To Count as Fires Burn On

WABC-TV, NY

That's what a California safety official is telling fire crews in San Diego ... fear an expected change in the direction of the wind could push fires ...


http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/
wabc_102903_wildfires.html

CALIFORNIA firefighters warn of "apocalyptic" threat

swissinfo, Switzerland

... Cuyamaca, where only the town hall and fire ... The two huge fires in San Diego County ... that by the time all of the fires were put out the cost to California ...


http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?
section=int&page=news_inhalt&news_id=4394053

FIREFIGHTER Says Blaze Like a Chessboard

Newsday

... I hate having to tell them no," said California ... The fires, to date, have cost about $50 million ... their best predictions were that the largest fire in San ...


http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/
nation/wire/
sns-ap-wildfires-decision-makers,0,1465230.story?
coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

FIREFIGHTER Killed Battling Cedar Fire in San Diego County

KXTV, CA

... series of wildfires raging in Southern California ... Residents of Julian in San Diego County ... forced to flee Tuesday evening as fires ... leave the area before the fire ...


http://www.kxtv10.com/storyfull.asp?id=5629

SAN Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau Update

Yahoo News (press release)

... Paradise Fire ... visit
http://www.sdapcd.co.san-diego.ca.us/air/otoday.html
or http://www.californialung.org/spotlight/fires ... For specific road closures in San ...

http://biz.yahoo.com/
prnews/031029/law135_1.html

FIREFIGHTERS Killed, Injured; Evacuation Advisory Lifted

Firehouse.com News

... in the community of Wynola, a California ... Altogether, the fires -- Cedar Fire, Paradise Fire and Otay Fire -- have destroyed 455,000 acres in San ...

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/
article/article.jsp?sectionId=46&id=20985

Wild Fires 2003, Day 4: News Updates...

These are some more updates from Google News alerts on this wild fire emergency, regarding San Diego...

SAN Diego picks Illinois campus for NFL practice

Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL

... Because of the wildfires and poor air conditions in the San Diego area, the Chargers will spend four days in CU, practicing on the Illinois campus to prepare ...

http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=14804

EVACUATIONS AND REOPENINGS: FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS

KFMB, CA

... Authorities have begun allowing residents of the East County neighborhood of San Diego Country Estates, and sections of Scripps Ranch to return to their ...

http://www.kfmb.com/topstory19417.html

FIRE storms in San Diego Burn Hundreds of Thousands of Acres

Navy News Stand (press release)

By Journalist 3rd Class Jessica O'Haver, Naval Media Center, Fleet Support Detachment, San Diego. San Diego (NNS)

-- Fire Storm 2003 ...


http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=10293

LA Takes Offensive Against Fires; San Diego Faces Flare-Up

New York Times

... But elsewhere in Southern California, particularly a handful of mountain communities east of San Diego, the predicament grew much worse through the day as one ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/
national/29FIRE.html

SMOKE Causes Public Health Alert For San Diego Co.

NBC Sandiego.com, CA

SAN DIEGO -- Smoke from the continuing brushfires triggered a public health alert to people living in all areas of San Diego County from the Air Pollution ...
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/
2589738/detail.html

SAN Diego: Status of Visitor and Convention Industries

Yahoo News (press release)

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the wildfires that have ravaged Southern California over the past several days, the San ...

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/
031028/latu144_1.html

SAN Diego Damage Inspectors Begin Task

Los Angeles Times, CA

By Kimi Yoshino, Times Staff Writer. CREST, Calif. — The day had begun before dawn Tuesday for two San Diego County building department officials, whose ...


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/
la-me-inspect29oct29,1,2747985.story?
coll=la-headlines-california

Wild Fires 2003, Day 4: Wild Fires Blog...

These are two good links to a fire blog being run by the San Diego Union-Tribune, and SignonSandiego.com.. worth ongoing bookmarks, and check back with the Current Blog for the latest news.. below are links to the Old Blog (started 10/27/03), and the new blog which currently being updated regularly.. only the first entry from each blog is shown; click on each link for the information and full details in each blog....

Current Fire Blog

SignOnSanDiego.com - Wildfire news in brief- Current

SIGNONSANDIEGO.COM

October 29, 2003

Compiled from staff and SignOnSanDiego.com wire services. Send wildfire updates to sosdnews@uniontrib.com

Homes destroyed

4:13 p.m.

According to County Supervisor Greg Cox's office this is the most recent count of homes and buildings destroyed in the fires:

Cedar - 1,060 homes , 172 outbuildings .
Paradise - 111 homes, 100 outbuildings.

There are currently 13 assessment teams across the county trying to compile the addresses of homes lost. Not all of the areas are currently accessible.

Old Fire Blog

SignOnSanDiego.com - Wildfire news in brief - Old

SIGNONSANDIEGO.COM

October 27, 2003

Send wildfire updates to sosdnews@uniontrib.com

Cuyamaca fire video

10:01 p.m.

SignOnSanDiego's Steve Perez was in the Lake Cuyamaca area as the Cedar Fire passed through there this afternoon, burning dozens of homes, businesses and even the fire station. His video documents the tremendous wall of smoke and fire the firefighters faced.

Firefighters battle in Cuyamaca.

Cable-DSL / 56k

Wild Fires 2003, Day 4: Image...

"As the Cedar Fire crosses the I-15 freeway onto Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., cars scramble to exit the freeway by driving up the embankment to the on-ramp, moving against the flow of traffic, to get to safety. (DoD photo by Sgt. Giles M. Isham, U.S. Marine Corps) (Released)

Photo by: SGT GILES M. ISHAM, MCAS MIRAMAR, CVIC
Record ID No. (VIRIN): 031026-M-3368I-001"

A friend sent me this photo, taken on Sunday, Oct 26, 2003, when the fires hit the MCAS Miramir.. click here to download/view the fullsize photo....

Wild Fires 2003, Day 3: News Updates...

These are news updates from alerts and e-mails concerning the wild fires..

PHOTO Essay - Miramar Fires

United States Marines (press release)

... The fire, which burned along MCAS Miramar east of Interstate 15, began
around 8:30 am and was a result of spreading wild fires in San Diego county.
...

CALIFORNIAN fires claim 17 lives

The Age, Australia

... of the most destructive and deadly wildfire ... homes had been destroyed
in California ... Some of the fires were believed ... ignited the so-called
Cedar Fire in San ...

39 feared dead in Californian fires

Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia

... The state's governor-elect, movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, toured
a stricken area south of LA and praised firefighters after being briefed
by officials. ...

FLIGHTS Back to Normal; Insurers Brace for Claims

Los Angeles Times, CA

... Meanwhile, Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger was heading to Washington, DC today on a previously scheduled trip in which he will continue to lobby for ...

DEADLY San Diego Blazes Threaten to Merge

Guardian, UK

... one of the most destructive and deadly wildfire outbreaks in California
history, two major blazes were threatening to merge and destroy more homes
in San Diego ...

ROAD closures hamper trips to, from San Diego

Imperial Valley Press, CA

Interstate 8 was closed between El Cajon and Highway 79 Sunday evening in response to the fires, cutting off the main artery between the Valley
and San Diego. ...

SAN Diego Lies Low as Fires Burn, Ash Falls

Los Angeles Times, CA

... SAN DIEGO — Under a gentle rain of ash, this usually buoyant city hunkered
down Monday to hold out against a destructive force so powerful even the
city's ...

SAN Diego-area fires

Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI

... But at the same time, Conniff was worried about her home in the San
Diego suburb of Mira Mesa and her golden retriever-Labrador mix, 10-year-old
Kuma, and her ...

ELECTRICITY Link Into San Diego Goes Out

Los Angeles Times, CA

By Nancy Rivera Brooks, Times Staff Writer. Wildfires in San Diego County
knocked out a major Southern California electricity transmission line
Monday. ...