When it comes to wildfire preparedness, remember “Ready, Set, Go,” says Cal Fire.
Cal Fire officials remind residents of the dangers from wildfires and the simple steps they can take to prepare for them.
“Despite a rainy March, this year’s overall precipitation is below average,” said Chief Ken Pimlott, Cal Fire director. “As a result of the dry winter, the number of wildfires that Cal Fire firefighters have responded to is nearly three times that of last year.”
A fire that scorched 150 acres in a rural area near Campo at the U.S.-Mexico border was 60 percent contained Friday morning and expected to be fully contained by evening, authorities said.
The fire, dubbed Border Fire, crossed into the U.S. side of the international boundary about 9:15 a.m. Thursday after charring roughly 600 acres in Baja California since Wednesday, according to Cal Fire.
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A Ramona man who suffers from brain damage from a car accident years ago has been ordered held without bail while he awaits trial for attempting to rob the Wells Fargo bank inside the Stater Bros. supermarket.
A preliminary hearing has been set for May 17 for Stephen Michael Coulter, 52, but the hearing may be delayed in U.S. District Court in San Diego. He has pleaded not guilty.
Firefighters are battling a brush fire along the U.S./Mexico border, reports Cal Fire.
The fire in Mexico is approximately 600 acres and crossed into the U.S. just after 11 a.m. Thursday. It is south of Boundary Peak near Jewel Valley between the communities of Boulevard and Jacumba. A southwest wind is moving the fire to the northeast, according to Roxanne Provaznik with Cal Fire.
A Ramona man accused of killing his neighbor, 94-year-old Mary Jean Eskridge, waived his right Friday to have a speedy preliminary hearing, and a judge rescheduled it for Aug. 27.
Gary Allen Thomas, 63, will also have a readiness conference on July 25 in El Cajon Superior Court. He has pleaded not guilty to the May 1 murder. Sheriff’s deputies arrested him the next day.
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When it comes to wildfire preparedness, remember “Ready, Set, Go,” says Cal Fire.
It’s Wildfire Awareness Week, and Cal Fire officials remind residents of the dangers from wildfires and the simple steps they can take to prepare for them.
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A 19-year-old man is in custody Tuesday on suspicion of punching and kicking a homeless man in Ramona and leaving the victim unconscious in an abandoned house. He allegedly used a hammer in the attack late Monday afternoon.
The victim is expected to survive.
David Ross, a San Diego County deputy sheriff for the past 22 years, will be the guest speaker at Drug Abuse Prevention Night at Ramona High School on Wednesday, May 9.
Ross, assigned to the Poway Criminal Apprehension Team, has been instrumental in bringing to light the problem of oxycontin abuse, and he helped establish the Oxy Task Force in the county.
Two transients are in jail after a third transient, who had been beaten and robbed, crawled to the Am/Pm Mini Market at 1015 Main St. Friday afternoon.
According to a report from sheriff’s Sgt. G. Rylaarsdam, Gerald Miller, 65, told deputies he crawled to the market after two men beat him and took several $20 bills from him in an area behind the store just before 2:30 p.m. Miller gave deputies a clothing description and said he knew one of the suspects as Mark or Marcus.
A Ramona man accused in the beating death of his 94-year-old neighbor pleaded not guilty Friday to a first-degree murder charge and was ordered held on $3.5 million bail.
Deputy District Attorney David Williams III said the victim — Mary Jean Eskridge — believed Gary Allen Thomas was a trusted friend and allowed her 63-year-old neighbor to spend the night in the guest bedroom of her mobile home the night of April 30.
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