Jamul

The Valley Fire is nearly contained, but for the victims, there is still a long struggle ahead. Among them is Charles Stevens, who has lived in Jamul for 30 years.  He wasn’t home when the fire ripped through his property, destroying his house, his truck and many irreplaceable items. Once he returned home, Stevens was overtaken with emotion. “I...

NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo spoke with a homeowner who lost everything in the Valley Fire.

A mother of two returned for a first look at what was left of her home in Jamul after the Valley Fire.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers spoke with a mother who returned to get a first look at what was left of her home after the Valley Fire.

Valley Fire victims are returning to their properties, trying to clean up and in some instances, start over. Among them is the Campos family in Jamul, who lost their home.

As fire crews start to get a handle on the 17,665-acre Valley fire, survivors who’ve had time to catch their breath are sharing their stories. “When the flames were coming down this hill they were 40 feet in the air. It was like a wall of flames coming this way and that way and it was just time to go,”…

Am east Jamul family describes the sights and sounds the raging fire made outside their home, which the 17,000-plus acre fire spared, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

As of Tuesday evening the Valley Fire was estimated at 17,565 acres and 11% contained while 20 homes laid destroyed in its path, according to Cal Fire San Diego. One of those 20 homes belonged to the Bratcher family in Jamul. In an instant, the family lost their home, five cats and precious mementos including their son’s urn and a…

The Bratcher family was one of the 20 who lost their home in the devastating Valley Fire, but what may be worse is the mementos lost inside. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan shares their story.

A small plane made a hard landing on a hillside in Jamul Wednesday night and its two passengers walked away without injuries, according to Cal Fire. The single-engine, fixed-wing Montana Coyote went down close to State Route 94 south of the Jamul Casiono just before 10 p.m, Cal Fire spoksperson Thomas Shoots said. It came to rest in some thick…

Evacuations orders were issued after a 100-acre fire began threatening homes in Lawson Valley, just east of Jamul, NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar reported.

Cal Fire said the Skyline Fire was first reported at around 11:46 a.m. Thursday near the 17000 block of Skyline Truck Trail.

This is Wildfire Preparedness Week in the State of California. However, what is usually front-page news has been pushed to the back page by the coronavirus pandemic. “It does concern me because of everything going on with the COVID situation, we haven’t been able to do the outreach that we usually do,” said Cal Fire Captain Thomas Shoots. Right...

Cal Fire warns San Diego’s green mountains will turn brown, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

Cal Fire San Diego is responding to a three-acre brush fire in Jamul but Cal Fire reports it has the potential to grow to 100 acres or more.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports from Jamul as firefighters work through the night to extinguish the fire.

A social work intern at Jamul Elementary School has been ordered to stay away from campus and not contact any students after his arrest Thursday for distributing child pornography on the internet. Jeffrey Michael Aiken was arrested after he shared graphic videos with someone he met on social media. He later learned that the person was an investigator with Homeland…

NBC 7’s Allison Ash has the latest information about an intern working at an East County school that was placed in federal custody on child pornography charges.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car Thursday night while crossing a street in Jamul.

A woman walking along State Route 94 near Jamul Casino was hit by a car and killed Thursday night.