Chuck Westerheide News Today

Less than two weeks after a historically severe winter storm led to disastrous local flooding and government state-of-emergency declarations, another significant spell of rainy and blustery conditions is bearing down this week on the San Diego area.

A landslide on the tracks in San Clemente is still impacting trains coming in and out of North San Diego County, a week later. In other news, a San Diego biotech company is working with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, hoping to decode koala genomes. Plus, the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival kicks off Wednesday night, at the Garfield Theater in La Jolla.

Offering vital assistance and services, the center becomes a crucial hub for those impacted by recent storms.

Two bodies found in Santee are being investigated as possible storm-related deaths, as is a fatal crash in Lemon Grove. Official reports from residents and businesses to local officials are also starting to pour in

For decades, tribal fire departments have responded to fires or accidents off their reservations under a mutual aid agreement with the county. But last month, the county notified the tribes that it was going to terminate those agreements and replace them with one that would require the tribes to relinguish some of their sovereign immunity by removing limits to their legal liability.

Rincon Tribal Fire Chief Chip Duncan said he doesnt understand San Dieg0 Countys strict request.

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

The family of 24-year-old Kai Torres Bronson, who died trying to help hikers who were stranded without water in sweltering temperatures in remote East County...

The 24-year-old mountain biker was with his friends when he came across four hikers who had no food or water in the 106-degree heat.

After a biker in Carrizo Gorge helped hikers who had no food or water on Sunday, Cal Fire crews found him unresponsive about a quarter mile from the trailhead.