Investigators believe arson may have been the cause of a fire that started in the storage room of a church adjacent to the historic Mission San Luis Rey Wednesday morning.

Police released surveillance footage of a man on a bike who set fire to a Talmadge business earlier this month.

Investigators are looking the person responsible for setting fire to a series of trashcans Tuesday afternoon in Downtown San Diego. Fires were lit in at least five trash cans on Market Street between 14th and 19th streets at around 2:20 p.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. No injuries were reported, nor was any damage apart from the burnt…

NBC 7’s Gaby Rodriguez reports on at least six fires that were started in the East Village beginning at 10 p.m. Wednesday, San Diego police said. Locations included J Street and Park Boulevard as well as 8th Avenue and Market.

A gas can was found melted into the driveway near the vehicles, police said.

The San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team is investigating a series of fires set in the East Village area Wednesday night all within a few blocks of each other.

Community groups in Ocean Beach and Point Loma gathered Tuesday to host a town hall focused on a recent string of arson and vandalism.

An Ocean Beach Town Council Board of Directors representative said the majority of the arson incidents happened in alleys. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has more.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports on a police investigation into who is lighting fires in the backyards of Ocean Beach residents.

San Diego Police are connecting five arson fires in as many days to one suspect or group.

A man suspected of setting fires near the Anaheim Hills Festival shopping center Friday was detained after a brave Ventura resident escaping one of Southern California’s wildfires sprung into action to stop him.

Arson is not the most common cause of fires in San Diego County.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine speaks with locals and firefighters to determine high risk activities that may spark a fire in hot weather

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for setting fire to an Encinitas church and middle school, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Five coffee carts were scorched or vandalized on the campus of UC San Diego overnight, a worker told NBC 7.

NBC 7’s Gaby Rodriguez reports on the investigation into what caused the fires that destroyed several coffee carts on the UC San Diego campus after midnight.

Authorities scrambling to stamp out dozens of wildfires that have scorched more than 80,000 acres across the Southeast have a stern warning for apparent arsonists, NBC News reports. At least seven people have been arrested in hard-hit Tennessee on suspicion of starting forest fires in the past 20 days, officials said. At least two other incidents in Alabama are being...

A fire ripped through an administration building at Oak Crest Middle School in Encinitas Saturday, causing heavy damage. NBC 7’s Liberty Zabala reports.

A Florida teen is getting a reduced sentence after writing 200 apology letters to victims who lost belongings in the fire he set.

A Hemet man accused of raping and killing a 23-year-old woman, and then setting fire to her apartment with her son inside, stunned a Murrieta courtroom Friday by rejecting his plea deal and requesting a trial.