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Airs Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

A fast-moving wildfire that scorched 2,500 acres near Julian and prompted the evacuation of 100 residents was 20 percent contained on Friday morning, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Nick Schuler.

The Quechan Indian Tribe is seeking an injunction to stop a large wind project adjacent to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The tribe says the federal government has ignored its concerns about potential damage to cultural and archeological sites.

Airs Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

The search for a San Diego man who disappeared last weekend while exploring unforgiving terrain in East County's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park with family and friends resumed this morning, a sheriff's lieutenant said.

The drugstore chain's new 27,000-square-foot location in the heart of Chicago has a fresh bakery, a sushi bar and a cigar humidor, among other amenities. "Anything of this size in today's economy is a risk," says one analyst, but it seems to be a calculated one to distinguish the chain's brand.

The men, both 23, are accused of arson in starting the blaze that injured 18 firefighters and cost about $15 million to extinguish.

Investigators determined arson was the cause of the blaze, which firefighters expect to have under control by Saturday.

The fire was 40 percent contained Sunday and the cause remains under investigation.

Calexico lies at the southern end of California’s San Andreas fault system. And one year ago, on Easter Sunday, one of those fault lines served up a 7.2 magnitude quake. People in this border town of close to 40,000 people are still cleaning up the mess