Initial location: Sunrise Highway, North of Penny Pines Trailhead, San Diego County, Calif. Penny Fire initially started ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:55 p.m. in San Diego County. Penny Fire has been burning on federal land managed by ...

Firefighters are battling a brush fire in east San Diego County near Sunrise Highway & Penny Pines Trailhead on Wednesday.

Firefighters on Wednesday were battling a roughly 10-acre backcountry brush fire northwest of Mount Laguna, authorities said.

No structures were threatened as of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday as firefighters attacked the brush fire from the ground and sky, per the Forest Service.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to advance a proposal to clear homeless encampments during red flag, or high fire, warnings.

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Rebecca Marodi, a Cal Fire captain stationed in Riverside County, was found stabbed to death inside of her own home in Ramona ...

Rebecca Marodi, 49, was found Monday at a residence on Rancho Villa Road in Ramona, according to a San Diego Sheriff's Office ...

Effective Monday, Feb. 17 at 7 a.m., the burn permit suspension in San Diego County was lifted. Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire Chief Tony Mecham formally canceled the burn permit suspension and ...

Firefighters are battling a brush fire in San Diego County near Sunrise Highway and the Penny Pines Trailhead on Wednesday ...

A brush fire sparked on Mount Laguna Wednesday afternoon. Crews with the Cleveland National Forest were first called to the area along Sunrise Highway near the Penny Pines Trailhead just before 2 p.m.