EL CAJON, Calif. — The San Diego Sheriff's Office cleared a homeless encampment in unincorporated El Cajon on Wednesday, following a small fire that started near the site on Tuesday. Some ...

Homeless encampments were behind three wildfires that rocked San Diego earlier this month, sparking concerns that homelessness is a significant factor in Southern California’s recent blazes. The Los ...

Nonetheless, several recent incidents around San Diego have increased the spotlight on the risks posed by encampment fires. One couple who’ve long struggled with homeless residents living near ...

(Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune ... Santa Ana conditions late last month originated in homeless encampments. And San Diego police said Monday they believe one of those fires ...

Times of San ... Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year. Authorities have arrested multiple individuals in connection with criminal activity at a homeless ...

SAN DIEGO — The string of brush fires that erupted in San Diego in recent weeks started in or near homeless encampments. San Diego Fire-Rescue confirms the Friars Road fire, Gilman Street Fire ...

The fires were the Friars Fire in Mission Valley and the Center Fire in Rancho Bernardo, which last week the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST) confirmed started in homeless encampments.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The proposed 1,000-person permanent San Diego homeless “Mega Shelter” Hope at Vine has lost all hope. “It became pretty clear last year that the Hope at Vine ...

Three fires that broke out in San Diego last week started in homeless encampments, the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST) confirmed to NBC 7 on Thursday. On Jan. 21, a brush fire on a ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A series of fires that erupted across San Diego last week, destroying a home and displacing residents, started in homeless encampments, according to San Diego Fire ...