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The blaze has destroyed 30 "habitable structures" and 29 "minor structures" and resulted in two injuries, though it was not clear if the victims were firefighters or civilians. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn total, the fire has destroyed 20 "habitable structures" and 17 "minor structures" and resulted in two injuries, though it was not clear if the victims were firefighters or civilians. -
Potentially affected communities include parts of Alpine, Barrett Lake, Buckman Springs, Campo, Dehesa, Dulzura, Jamul, Lyons Valley, Morena Village, Potrero and Rancho Palo Verde. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Valley Fire in Japatul Valley near Alpine continued to burn on Labor Day, scorching 17,345 acres with just 3% containment, and causing four new evacuation orders. -
Researchers and scientists are pushing for some restraint as county officials clear the way to reopen more businesses. -
About 100 protesters Saturday marched peacefully and made demands that the Santee City Council make the city more welcoming to people of color. Trump-supporting counter-protesters were also on hand, but there was no direct confrontation. -
Administrators in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District terminated the contract days before the new school year after hearing reports about the content from districts in other states. -
Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband — former Rep. Duncan Hunter — to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal purposes, was sentenced Monday to eight months of home confinement. -
A wildfire erupted amid a scorching summer heat wave Thursday in a sparsely developed area at the San Diego-Riverside county line, blackening dozens of open acres but causing no reported structural damage. -
The tribe also alleges the insurance company has cited a "pollution exclusion" to deny coverage, though the tribe says that exclusion does not preclude coverage of losses stemming from contagious diseases.
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