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Authorities reached out to the public Wednesday for help in identifying a motorist who fled after getting into a Tierrasanta-area traffic crash that severely injured the driver of a three-wheeled motorcycle and killed his passenger.
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.
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.