County also looking at buying more water tenders and wants to delve into wildfire preparedness across agencies ...

However, during Tuesday's meeting, the board was told that the twin-engine helicopter it purchased in 2023 has yet to be used for night flying. A San Diego County Sheriff's Office representative ...

A San Diego Sheriff’s helicopter takes off on Friars Road near where a fire had broken out on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune) All ...

Border 2 Fire initially started 1:58 p.m. Jan. 23 in San Diego County. After being active for six days, it has burned 6,625 acres. A fire crew of 1,510 effectively contained 90% of the fire by ...

Cal Fire crews assisted at the scene and helicopters were called in to ... Glen Oak Road in Poway for impacted residents. The San Diego Sheriff’s Office asked the public to avoid the area ...

In an update Tuesday night, San Diego County Sheriff's Office that all evacuations ... working on containment lines while a night-flying helicopter was dropping water on hot spots, according ...