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A year ago this week, San Diego County was the scene of deadly fires. Next month, county voters will be asked to approve a new tax to improve firefighting resources. The campaign to pass Prop. A is ca

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the 2007 wildfires in San Diego County. After one year, are we better prepared for wildfires this year? What's been done to assure people living in the ci

The boldest step San Diego leaders have taken to boost fire protection since last October was to put Prop A on the ballot. Prop A would raise $50 million for fire fighting resources though a new parce

Wildfires can strike the region at any time. But fall is a particularly hazardous time for fires. The hot, dry summer months coupled with Santa Ana winds create conditions for a perfect fire storm.

The San Miguel Fire District is getting the word out about fire safety this weekend.

France has finally settled on a place to put the nuclear waste from all of its power plants, even though the country is still uncomfortable with its dependence on nuclear reactors, which provide 80 percent of the nation's electricity.

Now that

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Ugandan immigrants are the latest group to face attacks in South Africa. Plus, battles over revenues from oil drilling could spark civil war again in Sudan, and a video that degraded black staff at a South African university spurs administrators to shut down an all-white dorm. That's all in our "Africa Update."

The San Diego County Grand Jury says the region needs a single "Fire Commander " to coordinate the patchwork of fire fighting agencies. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.