The facility is the county's oldest jail. Sheriff Kelly Martinez said her department has spent a lot of money to keep it "limping along."
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Ground and air crews fully contained a brush fire that burned 560 acres on Camp Pendleton. -
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Hundreds of San Diego Fire-Rescue and Cal Fire personnel responded to the fire that burned 90 acres near Sorrento Valley Boulevard. -
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Three days after the blaze erupted south of Marron Valley Road in Dulzura, its charred footprint was holding at an estimated 2,617 acres — 1,625 in the United States and 992 in Mexico, Cal Fire said. -
Thursday's deployment marks the fourth aircraft out of a planned statewide fleet of seven. -
A cross-border brush fire that erupted Monday in remote, rugged terrain near Tecate Peak is 50% contained as of Thursday, lifting evacuation warnings according to the San Diego Sheriff's Department. -
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