The stiff Santa Ana winds that stoked a short-lived but dangerous wildfire Monday in Poway were expected to be flat-out wicked before dawn Tuesday in San Diego’s backcountry, where something as minor ...

San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy surprised critics and supporters alike last Sunday when he ordered the body of former La Jollan and sex-abuse whistleblower Richard Sipe to be exhumed and burned in ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — San Diego County officials announced Monday that a deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for hantavirus. The mouse, found on Jan. 3 ...

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...

Main Street’s charm is as irresistible as the aroma wafting from Julian Cafe & Bakery. Photo credit: Anna Day Nestled in the Cuyamaca Mountains, Julian is a slice of apple-scented heaven. This former ...

Fruit trees need to be grown in the right conditions if they're to flower and fruit to their full potential. Bare-root fruit trees are generally cheaper to buy than potted trees, and the time to buy ...

Ornamental Pear Trees, one of the earliest-to-bloom trees in San Diego, are just beginning to bear their white flowers. The thousands of blossoms appear in sheets and clusters, looking rather like ...