The Transportation Department is stepping up enforcement of persistent flight delays with a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines and a fine against Frontier Airlines. The agency said the U.S. District Court lawsuit it filed in California on Jan. 15 alleges that Southwest illegally operated chronically delayed flights and disrupted passengers’ travel plans. It says it’s seeking […]
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The lawn bowling green is undergoing a replacement
The Lawn Bowling Green outside of John D. Spreckels Center is finally undergoing a turf replacement project following delays caused by a lawsuit and storm damage. The fungal issues, combined with the Jan. 22 deluge flooding the entire turf, resulted in the Lawn Bowling Green needing to be replaced. The fungus, known as puffball mushroom […]
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Firefighters need better weather to fight California’s flames. When will they get relief?
Fire danger remains high in parts of Los Angeles that have been ablaze for days, but there is hope that better weather over the weekend will give firefighters battling the flames some much-needed relief. After calmer weather on Tuesday helped firefighters snuff out fires, a rare warning of a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” was issued for […]
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New supervisor for District 1 will be voted in through special election
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors decided unanimously on Jan. 14 to hold a special election to fill the District 1 vacancy left when Nora Vargas abruptly stepped down weeks after winning the Nov. 5 election. Dozens of residents of District 1, which includes the cities of Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and National City […]
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Meet the applicants vying for the vacant City Council position
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the method of filling the vacancy that Laura Wilkinson Sinton considered to be the most transparent option. She said a special election would have been the better choice. The story has been updated to reflect the correct wording. The Coronado City Council has one vacant seat […]
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The LA county wildfires could be the costliest in US history, early estimates say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wildfires that erupted across Los Angeles County are still raging, but already are projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. The devastating blazes have killed at least 24 people and incinerated more than 12,000 structures since Jan. 7, laying waste to entire neighborhoods once home to […]
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Author John Sayles returns to Coronado with new book, “To Save the Man”
John Sayles’ stumbled across the 1912 showdown in a nonfiction history book when he was in college. Though no lives were on the line, it was a game that would determine what these men were made of. The battle happened on the football field. The West Point Academy Army athletes showed their best effort, with […]
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Landscapes turned into hellscapes, shock and the ongoing fight against wildfires in Los Angeles
Firefighters on Saturday raced to get the upperhand on blazes chewing through homes in the greater Los Angeles area, five days after powerful winds swept across a bone-dry landscape and fueled urban wildfires that have turned much of the world famous city into a hellscape. The ongoing fight While firefighters made gains on the fires, […]
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24 dead as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters scrambled Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed 24 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week. At least 16 people were missing, and authorities said that number was […]
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Coronado has sent firefighters to help fight the Los Angeles wildfires
As Los Angeles faces one of the worst wildfire disasters in California history, Coronado is helping out in a small way. At 2 a.m. on Jan. 7, Coronado Fire Chief Jayson Summers sent four firefighters into the fire zone as part of a strike team, joining crews from San Diego, Poway, National City and Chula […]
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See photos of smoke, smoldering homes and flames as wildfires ravage Los Angeles area
By JAE C. HONG, MARK J. TERRILL, PETER PRENGAMAN and ALYSSA GOODMAN Associated Press Major wildfires around Los Angeles raged for a fourth straight day on Friday, as firefighters struggled to put out blazes in some areas while in others evacuees returned to their homes, only to find them smoldering in ash. Ongoing battle All […]
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Wildfires latest: 153,000 residents still under evacuation as Kenneth Fire order lifted
Firefighters are hoping for a break Friday from the fierce winds that have fueled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area, killing 10 people, obliterating whole neighborhoods and setting the nation’s second-largest city on edge. On Thursday afternoon, the Kenneth Fire started in the San Fernando Valley. It moved into neighboring Ventura County, but a […]
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How to help those affected by the California wildfires
Major fires across Los Angeles this week have killed at least 24 people as of Jan. 13, forced 180,000 to flee their homes, and destroyed thousands of structures. Here are some of the organizations accepting support for those impacted: Children Project Camp: The Los Angeles-based organization runs trauma-informed pop-up day camps for children displaced or […]
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Firefighters make progress slowing wildfires while Los Angeles grapples with scope of devastation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters began to slow the spread of deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles area Thursday after the ferocious winds that drove the fast-moving flames diminished, but the largest blazes still burned out of control. Crews were able to knock down a major threat that broke out Wednesday evening in […]
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Wildfires latest: Pacific Palisades fire is most destructive in Los Angeles history
Fierce wildfires are raging in the Los Angeles area, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, sending residents fleeing from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes on Wednesday, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena. One of the fires was the […]