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Firefighters worked overnight as they continued to improve lines of cleared vegetation around a brush fire near Interstate 10 in Calimesa that has killed two people and charred 1,011 acres, Riverside County Fire Department officials said today. The Sandalwood Fire, which has destroyed 76 mobile homes, was 94 percent contained as of Monday morning. Mandatory

First responders continue to be on scene at Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park. According to Cal Fire officials, 1,011 acres have been burned and is 68% contained. Firefighters were hopeful about making progress as weather conditions improved. UPDATE: Cal Fire ha provided the following updates for evacuated residents and for residents returning to their homes:

On Saturday a fire safety event was held at the Lowe’s in La Quinta. With several fires burning in our region, devastating hundreds of people and their homes, it seems as if now is the perfect time to go over some fire safety reminders. Kids got hands on experience building a fire truck in a

A wind-driven brush fire that exploded has been burning at more than 7,500 acres in the San Fernando Valley since Friday, forcing the evacuation of roughly 100,000 people and closure of multiple freeways and schools, while causing at least one death. The blaze was reported just after 9 p.m. Thursday off the westbound Foothill (210)

A 350-acre wildfire just north of Moreno Valley was 85% contained as of Saturday morning, with no homes or other structures immediately threatened. The non-injury “Reche Fire” was reported at 12:55 p.m. Thursday on Reche Canyon Road, near Reche Vista Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Officials said the blaze started with a

A fire ignited by target shooting about four miles south of Banning has burned 75 acres and was 90% contained and evacuation was lifted Friday night. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1182777601019936769″,”author_name”:”CAL FIRE Riverside”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WolfFIRE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#WolfFIRE&#lt;/a&#gt; Update 10/11/2019 2:45 P.M.: &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/1aKSVziZjS”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/1aKSVziZjS&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— CAL FIRE Riverside (@CALFIRERRU) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1182777601019936769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;October 11, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The non-injury Wolf Fire was

Joslyn Center volunteers and The Auen Foundation teamed up to create their float for the Palm Desert’s 55th Annual Golf Cart Parade. The parade’s theme, “Let the Good Times Roll! ” Joslyn’s float expresses the Center’s message: “The Joslyn Center: The Good Times are Here! ” The float is designed as a mini replica of

Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated Hispanic Heritage Day “Dia de la Herencia Hispana” this Friday, October 11. The celebrations started earlier this morning featuring student performers honoring the contributions Hispanics have made, and continue to make, in the United States. The event had performances from Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. They are

After losing their six-year-old daughter to cancer, a La Quinta couple is launching a new foundation to support other children diagnosed with the disease. A sell out crowd gathered at Hotel Paseo in Palm Desert Thursday evening to celebrate the launch of the “Riley Rose Foundation,” named after Riley Rose Sherman who died on April

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: A Cal Fire Public Information Officer at the Sandalwood Fire Command Center confirmed one fire death Friday morning. There was no immediate word on the man’s identity or where he was found. As of 7:00 a.m. Friday, the fire had burned 823 acres and was 10% contained. The PIO said firefighting resources

Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for Riverside County and Los Angeles County due to a series of fires ravaging multiple communities. The proclamation explicitly mentions Banning’s Wolf Fire, Calimesa’s Sandalwood Fire, Moreno Valley’s Reche Fire, Corona’s Eagle Fire, and Sylmar’s Saddleridge fire. Read the full declaration below: KESQ