Officials said the fire, which had spread to more than 500 acres by Thursday night, was miles away from threatening any homes or buildings.
U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening.
The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the Otay Mountains of San Diego's South Bay near the border.
Octavio Leal-Hernandez was extradited to San Diego for shipping methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana from Tijuana into the United States.
Firefighters are battling a new brush fire that erupted in San Diego County near the U.S.-Mexico border, as they also race to contain the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake.
A suspected cartel terrorist attacked and shot an American hiker multiple times near the San Diego-Mexico border in California, according to the US Customs and Border Protection. “Cartels
Active-duty military troops are set to begin arriving in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego on Thursday evening, marking the initial phase of deploying new forces to secure the southern border, according to defense officials.
Most concerning for firefighters and residents is the fact that Thursday's forecast is for the strongest winds of a week of Santa Ana's
"It's unprecedented," said Ciudad Juarez municipal official Enrique Licon as workers unloaded long metal bracings from tractor trailers parked in the large empty lot yards from the Rio Grande in order to build a tent city for deportees from the United States.
An exciting weekend of college basketball continues Saturday on CBS when New Mexico hosts San Diego State in a clash of two of the top programs from the Mountain West. The Lobos are one of two teams from the conference that has yet to lose a game in league play heading into the second weekend of the new year.
Octavio ‘Chapito’ Leal Hernandez was arrested in February 2020 following shootout with Tijuana law enforcement