Fire personnel will start live-fire training in Boulevard on Wednesday, causing visible smoke throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties.

There are sand-colored Italian travertine floors throughout, and floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors offer ...

Children between the ages of 1 and 18 are eligible for the free summer meals program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free summer meals are served at local community centers, schools and ...

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Once a month, retiree Abbey Carpenter leads volunteers through a field of dunes near the border, searching for the remains of ...

PALA, Calif. — Firefighters are battling a brush fire that broke out Friday evening in Pala. The Henderson Fire was reported at 5:42 p.m. on Henderson Road, about a mile and a half north of Highway 76 ...

Volunteers who search for missing or dead migrants in the Borderland fear that Trump’s new military zones could obstruct their humanitarian efforts ...

The Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona is hot and sandy. But where the Santa Cruz River flows, you’ll find something like an ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has awarded college scholarships totaling more than $7.7 ...

A Santa Ana man is facing serious charges after a string of disturbing cat abductions and deaths in the community, authorities announced. The accused, Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, 46, reportedly ...