Amid a few fire-scorched weeks in Southern California, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation Tuesday on the county’s emergency preparedness and response efforts. “This presentation is a critical opportunity to share how San Diego County is preparing to address potential disasters and to engage with residents on steps we can all take to protect

San Diego Fire Rescue Department Deputy Chief Tony Tosca is shown being interviewed near Cowles Mountain on Jan. 17, 2024. “This product is called Mighty Fire Breaker . It’s an EPA approved product," said San Diego Fire Rescue Department Deputy Chief Tony Tosca.

A brush fire burned half an acre Friday in the vicinity of State Route 52 and Interstate 805, near San Clemente Canyon.

On Wednesday, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department gave an update to the city council’s Public Safety Committee on where things stand heading into the 2025 fire season. The presentation ...

With wildfires like the ones we've seen this week in Rancho Bernardo and Fashion Valley, is the City of San Diego ready for the next one?

An investigation has been launched into an in-custody death that happened while a man was being detained following an altercation at a downtown San Diego bar Saturday night.

A mandatory evacuation order was issued Tuesday afternoon after a new brush fire, named the "Friars Fire," broke out near Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego.

A wind-driven wildfire sparked Wednesday morning in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego, triggering evacuation orders and warnings. The blaze, dubbed the Bernardo Fire, was reported shortly before 9 a.

Former San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman, who was in charge back during the Cedar Fire of 2003, said San Diegans need to protect their homes.

In an effort to combat the increasing risk of wildfires, firefighters in San Diego are employing a new tool to protect neighborhoods from fire danger

San Diego Fire-Rescue operates 52 fire stations with 994 firefighters serving a growing population of nearly 1.4 million.

Here are fires that started in San Diego this week: A brush fire was burning close to homes in La Jolla on Thursday afternoon and quickly prompted evacuations, which have since been lifted. The Gilman Fire sparked around 2:30 p.m. near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante, not far from Interstate 5 and UC San Diego's campus.