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Tijuana should be ready for low temperatures and rain in the coming months as a result of the weather phenomenon known as El Niño, according to Miguel Ángel Ceballos Ramírez, the city's civil protection director.

Today's weather will feel like Wednesday, but much drier.

Regulations at the time prevented firefighting helicopters from making drops at night. Making matters even worse: There were no phone or digital warning systems...

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UC San Diego's artificial intelligence wildfire detection system was ranked one of Time Magazine's best inventions of 2023.

20 years ago, the Cedar Fire burned more than 273,000 acres in San Diego County, destroyed 2,232 homes, and killed 15 people.

The novice hunter said he became lost during a deer hunting trip south of Pine Hills near Julian and initially claimed the fire was started by a gunshot ricochet.

The Cedar Fire began the evening of Oct. 25, 2003, and was initially reported to be 20 acres. By dawn the morning of Oct. 26, Santa Ana winds pushed flames at a rate of 3,600 acres an hour.

Journalists who covered the massive wildfire say it’s an event that still haunts them 20 years later.