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San Diego is still failing to overhaul how it manages brush to prevent fires
Years after an audit called for major changes, most of its recommendations still haven’t been implemented. City officials ...
Brush fire in San Diego near Julian burns 50 acres | Felipe Fire
The fire's forward rate of spread has been stopped at 50 acres. It broke out on Thursday near Highway 78 and San Felipe Road, ...
La Jolla homeowner gives citrus-based fire retardant a try and beckons others to do the same
On April 24, Richard Stennes, a resident of Calle del Oro in La Jolla, held an impromptu meeting about the spray, which is ...
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San Diego is still failing to overhaul how it manages brush to prevent fires
Plans to prevent wildfires by revamping how San Diego removes flammable brush on city land are still stalled two years after an audit called for big changes. City officials are blaming bureaucracy ...
Welcome to the first fire-resistant neighborhood. Now what about the rest of California?
In San Diego County's Escondido neighborhood, the Dixon Trail "wildfire-resistant neighborhood" is being built.
Welcome to U.S.’s first fire-resistant neighborhood – in Escondido
National mega-developer KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient neighborhood” in the ...
New California neighborhood is the first fire-resistant community in the U.S.
Dixon Trail is the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient neighborhood” in the United States. Making that a reality for the ...
Cal Fire adds huge new fire fighting tool as summer fire season approaches
Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...