San Diego County sees fire damage topping $1 bln
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Damages from the wildfires in California's San Diego County were expected to exceed $1 billion, a top official said on Wednesday.
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Firefighters took advantage of calm, humid weather Wednesday morning to extend containment lines around part of a 1,000-acre wildfire that forced scores of people from their homes.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff writer  LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST -- Fire continued to rage Tuesday near Gorman across bone-dry brush that hasn't burned in nearly a half- century.
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LOS ANGELES -- A Red Flag Warning signifying a high risk of fire will be in effect Tuesday in the mountains and valleys of Los Angeles County because of a combination of Santa Ana winds and very low humidity.
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Wildfires driven by high winds and dry conditions raged across Southern California today, scorching thousands of acres and forcing 250,000 people in San Diego County to flee their homes.
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For aspiring homeowners who&#39;ve been struggling to catch up with runaway prices in San Diego County, there&#39;s another bitter pill to swallow.
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The San Diego region is poised to see some relief from record high gasoline prices as a result of growing fuel inventories in the state, experts say.
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In San Diego County, officials are racing, literally, to save pets and livestock left behind by hundreds of thousands of residents fleeing the raging wildfires.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 14--As temperatures soared Wednesday, emergency personnel took to land, water and air to battle two small fires in the North County and another near Arroyo Grande, all just before 3 p.m.
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By ARIZONA DAILY STAR  A wildfire that burned about 1,190 acres in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge was contained Sunday evening, the Arizona State Land Department said.
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As the wildfires that ravaged Southern California for five days lost momentum yesterday, representatives of the insurance industry said the estimated $1 billion in fire damage would have little if any impact on homeowners' rates in California or the rest of the nation.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 -- The fires of Southern California were largely abating on Sunday. Hills on both ends of San Diego County still blazed, as did a wooded canyon in Orange County and the tall, dead trees of the San Bernardino Mountains. But with a weekend of favorable winds and even a smattering...
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By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M.  Feb. 21--Concerns about a proposed year-round fire ban have apparently been spreading like wildfire since Roosevelt County Commissioners tabled the measure two weeks ago.
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Many of the fires north of San Diego were largely contained, and all five fires in Los Angeles County were about 50 percent contained or more, officials said.
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County health officials yesterday reported the first case of flu in the region this season, but they were quick to say it was not a sign that San Diego County is headed for a severe flu season.
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By Mowad, Michelle  An area museum has created a wildfire seminar in an effort to train professionals who work in and around San Diego County's undeveloped wild lands.  The San Diego Natural History Museum and the U.S.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.