This is the view just now from the west-looking camera on Lyons Peak. Aside from the char in the foreground, you'd never know San Diego...

Many of us who live in the remoter regions of San Diego County spend quite a bit of time many miles from home, at work, shopping, having fun...

Hans-Werner Braun is one of the folks who run the HPWREN cameras on Lyons Peaks. These are the cameras that provide the images I use on my ...

One last thing before I go back to unpacking… When I picked up my email this morning, after getting the computers back up, I found notes fro...

We are home at last. Like most people in our area, we are busy unpacking the vehicles we evacuated in (we stuffed a one-butt RV and a full ...

Rusty Beatty emailed me a few minutes ago, saying that the word was out at Steele Canyon that all restrictions were lifted and everybody cou...

I captured this photo off the east-looking Lyons Peak camera about 45 minutes ago, but I had trouble posting it – Google appears to be havin...

Rusty Beatty passes this along: Here is a great link. I watched the road closure starting on Sunday until my computer was evacuated on Tues...

From Lauren: Your updates and maps have been invaluable - thanks for the great, continuous and responsible information. We are awaiting the ...

Trey M. writes with this report: FYI, at 11:30 Skyline TT was closed at Babel about a quarter mile up the hill from the scool. CHP said they...

Alexandra asks: We heard that Deerhorn Valley was open, but camera shows active fire around what is maybe Barbour Mt. Rd.? that runs into DH...

San Diego Online's wildfire blog is reporting this: If you live in the vicinity of Wilson Creek and you see smoke coming up, you may be ...

Rusty Beatty files this report from the Steele Canyon briefing, via Blackberry: I am at steele canyon h s for the 10 am update meeting. Look...

From Carlene: Can someone please call me as to when I might reach my home @ Lawson Valley & Rudnick. Thank you all so much. 760-801-6877...

I just read this post over at OPFOR : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20071026-01 October 26, 2007 Iraqi Army at Besmaya Installation Su...

Sawdave reports: Hi as of 1000 the caltrans sign at 94 and vista diego still says LVR closed at STT. I did NOT drive to ck point to verify...

No new news, really. The photo is the east-looking scene from Lyons Peak cameras. There's a little bit of smoke visible; something is ...

Tom S. reports: We are back in our house in Skyline Ranch. However, when I drove down at 9am to the LVR/STT intersection, the CHP told me i...

Update (9:34 AM): The good folks at HPWREN have already responded to my query. They suspect that there was some sort of problem with daylig...

Linda I. called in with some news from her attempt to get into Lawson Valley this morning. She said there was still a checkpoint turning ba...