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The brush fire charred 18 acres. It ignited for unknown reasons Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of state Route 67 and Slaughterhouse Canyon Road in Lakeside -
The brush fire broke out about 1:30 p.m. Monday on Featherstone Canyon Road near the Barona Indian Reservation. The Sheriff's Department initially evacuated the area, but those orders were later lifted. -
Ground and airborne firefighting crews kept the brush fire near Julian to 15 acres, according to Cal Fire. -
KPBS Midday EditionEvery summer a rare sight comes to the desert outside San Diego: endangered bighorn sheep gather at watering holes. And every summer, a group of volunteers count them. -
San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob wanted the U.S. Forest Service to base firefighting aircraft at the Ramona Airport, where Cal Fire's local aviation wing is based. Federal authorities say the Ramona runway is too short. -
The fire started early Sunday afternoon when a motorcycle's hot underside ignited the brush in the hills east of Dulzura, officials said. It took firefighters about two hours to put it out. -
The library in San Diego County's easternmost town provides free internet access, books, movies and programs for the town of 561 people. -
Some area residents believed the bodies were that of a couple who went missing as the blaze spread. -
Neighbors worried about the welfare of a young couple who went missing 10 days ago, as a wildfire spread near their backcountry home, found two bodies believed to be theirs Wednesday morning.
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The Border Fire has leveled homes and blackened more than 7,600 acres over the past 11 days.
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