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The Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego has been awarded a $500,000 CAL FIRE Defensible Space Assistance Grant.

The Cedar Fire burned 280,000 acres in 2003. Since then, it’s been a slow and steady process to replace what once was.

Scheduled for 6:30 p.m. inside the Scripps Ranch Civic Association Community Center, an event will recognize the 20-year anniversary of the devastating Cedar...

Jeff Zevely revisits the Cedar Fire and speaks to the two closest to him as they reported on the frontlines.

San Diego County leaders will gather Wednesday to commemorate the 2003 firestorm, where four concurrent wildfires killed 17 people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of structures.

There’s already a homeless camping ban in place in the cities of San Diego and Poway, and now, San Diego County is moving forward with a similar ban. In other news, 20 years ago today, a lost hunter in East San Diego County lit a small campfire that became one of the biggest wildfires in California history. Residents and firefighters look back at the Cedar Fire and the lessons it taught us. Plus, how an organization in Oceanside is striving to increase literacy in the county.

A single spark, started as a hail mary by a lost hunter in California's Cleveland National Forest on Oct, 25, 2003, mutated into one of the state's largest...

On Oct. 25, 2003, the Cedar Fire roared through San Diego County, killing 15 people and destroying more than 2,800 homes and businesses. The tragedy led to significant reforms in firefighting and building codes.

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday in favor of drafting an unsafe camping ordinance similar to ones recently passed in the cities of San Diego and Poway in an effort to curb homeless encampments.

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday in favor of drafting an unsafe camping ordinance similar to ones recently passed in the cities of San Diego and Poway in an effort to curb homeless encampments.