Word from the north is that the main part of Fallbrook was spared from the Rice Canyon fire. The area is still under threat, but according to a report on local news the vast majority of Fallbrook proper was not burned as some had feared. From the Fallbrook Village News ” UPDATE (8:58 am) With […]
UPDATED 10/23/07 – 1831 PDT: This evacuation has been canceled. There is a mandatory evacuation in effect for parts of Del Mar west of Interstate 5: Here are the actual details: A mandatory evacuation order remains for all areas of Crest Road, and San Dieguito Drive, Oribia Road, Avenida Primavera along Crest Road, Serpentine Drive, […]
The Harris Fire in southeast San Diego County is making the residents there increasingly nervous. As you can see from this updated (0530 today) map, the fire has moved beyond the evacuation area and is following Hwy 94 right up into Spring Valley: My sister, Jacque Hoffman, and her son Devon went up to the […]
Update 09:30 Pacific Good news from the front – around the north half of the county the winds are calm now, and the air assault is taking place in full force. Dozens of water dropping aircraft are now engaging the Witch Creek Fire and the Harris Fire. There is some uncertanty how long this pause […]
[Be sure to check out the post below this one.] [UPDATED 10/22/07 – 2351 PDT – bfwebster] San Diego County has issued the following status information on the Witch Creek and Harris fires as of 7:51 pm PDT (10/22/07) : WITCH FIRE: The latest update from CALFIRE reports the fire is now 145,000 acres and […]
If you are looking for San Diego County fire news for Tuesday October 23, you will find it by clicking here. Update 22:00 Pacific This will be the final update of the night. Tammi and I went to go get a look at what was happening. In the dark you can better see the fire […]
April 12th, 1981. I was still in high school in Illinois. I was a young nerdy guy engrossed with all things having to do with space and man’s conquest of the heavens. I vividly recall the launch. It was the 3rd day they had tried to launch, each time there was some technical problem that […]
It just hit me a few minutes ago: I’ve been watching (on DVD) the 1982 stage production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, my favorite of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals, courtesy of Netflix. And I’ve just finished baking a homemade turkey pot pie. Good pie, too. 🙂 ..bruce.. (If you’re wondering why this […]
I have never been much of a baseball fan. That’s largely due to two factors: four years spent as a mediocre, nay, wretched player in Little League during my elementary school years; and growing up (1960s and early 70s) with the San Diego Padres as the hometown team (let’s just say those weren’t their greatest […]
Monday is a big day in the economy. Citibank will announce its earnings, and $5 billion in bonds to finance the TXU buyout go on sale from Citibank and JP Morgan / Chase. From the Wall Street Journal comes word of a new “pipeline” of money to help Citibank and its affiliates: The Master-Liquidity Enhancement […]
