Around yesterday or so, there was a fire in Malibu that spread down towards San Diego causing evacuations in Escondido, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, basically everything “east of the 5, north of the 56″. The fires have been pretty reminiscent of first year (2003) so far. Everything smells like smoke and the sky is slightly orange. Yesterday, the fires were, according to the acting mayor of Malibu, zero percent contained. This morning, as of 6:15 am according to Sheriff Kolender, “things are getting worse, not better”.

Report from this morning (6:30 am):
http://video.nbcsandiego.com/player/?id=170132

Anyway, stay safe if you’re in the area.

This blog seems to be keeping pretty good track.