The City of San Diego has increased its storm preparations in advance of rainy conditions through Monday. The National Weather Service forecasted rain to begin Saturday and continue through Monday afternoon, with the rainfall through the weekend expected to be half an inch or less.

Jose Antonio Meza-Capoeman of San Diego was arrested and booked into the Shasta County Jail after an officer with the California Highway Patrol discovered narcotics inside of the vehicle

The accident was reported on an Interstate 5 northbound on-ramp around noon Saturday, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

Strong winds forced the closure of Interstate 8 at East Willows Road from Alpine to Ocotillo for much of the day Thursday to high profile vehicles.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI ... forcing tens of thousands of evacuations and impacting traffic on Interstate 5.

The Gilman Fire broke out in the La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 acres. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

San Diego Fire-Rescue crews are responding to a vegetation fire along State Route 52 in University City at the North Clairemont border, the department announced Friday morning.

A series of wildfires broke out in quick succession overnight Monday into early Tuesday in northern San Diego County, California. That comes amid another round of Santa Ana winds, which prompted Fire Weather Warnings.

At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

A wildfire in the hills near the U.S.-Mexico border exploded early Friday morning over thousands of acres, prompting evacuation orders throughout the Otay Wilderness Area and triggering school closures as well as likely power shutoffs for tens of thousands of people.

Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.

Two new fires have been reported in the San Diego area with evacuations were ordered after one erupted near densely populated neighbourhoods not far from the UC San Diego School of Medicine campus.