Roy Carmichael, a 66-year-old who lives at the campground in an RV, said he first spotted an orange glow atop Otay Mountain on Thursday night. “We thought everything was going to be OK,” he said.

Winds out of the east were gusting nearly 30 mph at Otay Mountain and the relative humidity was 2%. And a storm capable of bringing rain to the area won’t arrive until the weekend. Friday is ...

The so-called Border 2 Fire broke out on Otay Mountain around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Cal Fire. It sent a large plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles across San Diego ...

The new blaze erupted in the Otay Mountain wilderness in San Diego County on Thursday afternoon (23 January). Sheriff Kelly Martinez announced fresh evacuation orders and alerts on Friday morning ...