Good news for residents of Rolling Hills and surrounding communities of East Chula Vista as the Harris Wildfire has been adverted, according to a news release posted just 30 minutes ago on the official City of Chula Vista City website.
“Water drops by helicopters, backfires and a shift in wind direction have markedly improved the fire [...]

Kudos to KPBS for getting us information about the wild fires across several mediums:

KPBS Website
KPBS on Twitter (Text Messages and Web)
KPBS Live Internet Radio Stream
FM Radio 89.5 (KPBS Radio is off the air due to the fire on Mt. Miguel.)
Google Maps

San Diego County Fires - KPBS Updates on Google Maps

Find out what the symbols mean [...]

SOURCE: NASA - New NASA Satellite Images Show Fires’ Rapid Growth
Wildfires have been picking up speed since Sunday morning from Santa Barbara to San Diego. NASA’s satellite’s have been capturing the scene from the sky and the picture below is worth a thousands words.

San Diego Wildfire “Harris” Approaches East Chula Vista / Photo by Victor Santana
Just in case you didn’t notice our reddish / orange sunset today. The Harris fire has really started pushing west and have reached East Chula Vista. Some residents in Eastlake, Rolling Hills and surrounding areas have been evacuated, while others evacuate at will. [...]

With wildfires burning up San Diego county, and over 250,000 evacuated we thought we would provide a list of links to help information and resources.
Evacuation Center
If you’re asked to evacuate, Qualcomm Stadium has been established as the primary evacuation center for City of San Diego residents.
Emergency Information
By Phone

Receive fire evacuation updates via text message and [...]

If you are in need of a bike go up to Electa Bike’s warehouse for a scratched and dented bike sale. Although it’s not quite the season for a bike ride, the nice weather isn’t over yet. And if you have a certain person in your life that has never gotten that bike for Christmas [...]

It is that time again. To shop guiltfree and for a cuase. Head down to North Park on Sunday for Pay it Fourward from 2-7. Shop at Material, Mimi & Red, Mesh or Kate Ross and 10% of the proceeds will go to charity. Each month a new charity is chosen and such this is [...]

Usually, I write a more in depth article about things like this, but wanted to get the information to you as soon as possible. Since the nice folks at NME.com took the trouble to write up the article, I thought I would forward the information and have you drink the juice yourself.
So, if you [...]

Being a San Diego native and more specifically a native of Point Loma, seeing what used to be The Sportsman’s Lodge Motel transformed into The Pearl Hotel is refreshing. The Sportsman’s Lodge Motel was built in 1961 and after they closed it down, it remained vacant for years. It was a nice reminder of [...]

District 117 proudly presents SAGRADOS by local emerging artist Dina Bedenko. Dina’s current infatuation are acrylics on canvas, wood and metal, with plenty of texture, metallic paints and varnishes. Her creations are not particularly fixed in any style of theme, she likes to keep merging from one experiment to another.
Dina is interested in the [...]