In a region where wildfires have ravaged entire neighborhoods, one couple's proactive approach to home hardening is setting an example for others, with defensible space inspections provided by Cal Fire.
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Dry brush is fueling an early start to dangerous wildfires throughout California. Vegetation moisture levels have reached record lows.
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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore hopes additional resources for inmates being released back into the community helps lower the recidivism rate.
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KPBS Midday EditionA wildfire that scorched at least 4,700 acres and damaged or destroyed dozens of cabins and other structures in the Mount Laguna area was 15 percent contained as of 6 a.m. today, according to Cal Fire.
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Firefighters labored for a third day today to subdue a wildfire that has blackened about 3,000 acres in rugged terrain southeast of Julian, forcing the evacuation of scores of back-country homes along with several campgrounds.
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San Diego Firefighters Train For Similar Life Threatening Situations
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KPBS Midday EditionJurors have acquitted a 40-year-old man accused of using sidewalk chalk to write protest messages in front of three local banks.
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East County residents urged to stay indoors, avoid strenuous activity
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Climate forecaster warns of increasing heat waves for the region this summer
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Uriah Courtney, 33, served 8 years of a life sentence for a crime new DNA testing determined was committed by someone who looked like him.
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President Barack Obama announced today a sweeping national plan to address climate change.
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