Jules Hotz for CalMatters
In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee.
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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego County Planning and Development Services officials are working to reach people whose homes were destroyed or badly damaged in the recent wildfires. -
Fire crews gained quick control on a brush fire that started Saturday morning just after 8:30 a.m. near Sycamore Canyon in Santee. -
Crews battling three fires that have burned nearly 22,000 acres on Camp Pendleton have made significant gains in extinguishing them. All evacuation orders on the base were lifted Saturday night. -
The first wildfire to erupt in San Diego County last week blackened nearly 1,600 acres between Rancho Peñasquitos and Rancho Santa Fe, prompting the evacuation of 5,000 households. -
The 2,520-acre Cocos fire burned most of the more than 30 homes and buildings at a spiritual retreat center in San Marcos. -
State and county officials say lessons learned in battling past wildfires are paying off now. -
The 600-acre wildfire in Carlsbad, one of San Diego County’s most destructive blazes this week, started Wednesday and was 90 percent contained by Friday night. -
KPBS Midday EditionFirefighters worked much of the week to stamp out two blazes that had blackened more than 14,500 acres on the Marine base when a third fire broke out Friday afternoon. -
Just as wildfires have swept across San Diego County this week, they've also burned in parts of Tijuana, Ensenada and Northern Baja. -
Carlsbad residents were let back into their homes Thursday after fire crews snuffed the Poinsettia fire down.
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