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Jerry and I drove out to El Toro Road and Glenn Ranch Road today to view the damage done by the fire. We also went to Foothill Ranch and walked around the elementary school baseball field to see what had happened in Whiting Ranch up close. What we saw was incredible.

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The Santiago fire that 2 days ago could be seen from our house and while driving down Crucero, is as of 2:20 pm today is “again sweeping toward Silverado Canyon”, according to the O.C. Register. A closer look (click to enlarge) at the map located on the left, shows an approximation of where we live. “While Riverside County [...]

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This was the scene as I drove north on Crucero towards Ralphs shopping center last night around 8:45pm. I was shocked to see that the Santiago fire had (possibly) jumped El Toro Road and was now headed in a northerly direction near Modjeska Canyon and Silverado Canyon which is behind and up the hill from

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Because of the San Diego fires, I have several family members that have had to evacuate their homes. They live in Olivehain, Escondido and San Diego. The winds and rising temperatures are making matters worse, and escalating the

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Jerry took this photo last night from our back yard of Foothill Ranch, a city about 6 miles and 11 minutes away from us, that has been under attack by the Santiago Canyon fire. At last report the fire has burned 15,000 acres, four

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